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Re: Muta cum liquida in JRRT (was "Double stressed" words)

From:Isidora Zamora <isidora@...>
Date:Sunday, August 31, 2003, 20:39
At 01:14 PM 8/29/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Isidora Zamora scripsit: > > > What, precisely, is muta cum liquida? (I know it's Latin, and I know > > Latin, but by education extends only so far.) > >A stop (mutus) followed by an /l/ or /r/ (liquida). In Latin, this >combination >is treated as belonging to the following syllable, and thus not making the >preceding syllable heavy, so it does not attract the stress. For example, >"tenebra" (darkness) has initial stress, because it is te-ne-bra, not >te-neb-ra. >(This rule was changed in Vulgar Latin, though.)
Great. I've been mispronouncing some of my Latin as well. I'm beginning to wonder what they *didn't* forget to teach me in school. Thanks for mentioning the difference here between Classical and Vulgar. That's helpful to know.
>[cool story about hobby horses snipped]
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