Re: DECAL: Examples #3: Phonological change rules

> Q1: What are your *phonologically driven* sound change rules? I.e.,
> these will apply to *all* situations, once higher-level UR processes
> are done (e.g., morphology). Be sure to include the order of
> application, if it's relevant (e.g., you have feeding). This includes
> cases that are caused by word boundaries, syllable boundaries, cluster
> conflicts (e.g. VC + CV in a CVCV limit), etc.
The various sandhi phenomena of Kash are discussed at the website. These
involve (regularly) conjunction at morpheme boundaries (base+suffix) and in
compounds between (1) final nasals and following consonants and (2) final
/r/ and sometimes /l/ and following sounds.

Basically, Nas+fric. > stop, Nas+stop > prenas. vd.stop. There are
exceptions, not all of which are dealt with........And final /r/ undergoes
metathesis with a following stop/fric./nasal, but deletes in some cases.
Final /l/ sometimes behaves as if it were /n/...

Natively, the Nasal changes are called "hardening" (no native word offhand);
no term yet for the r-metathesis, but something derived from "twist" might
be appropriate.

There is a constraint both in UR-base and surface against 2 /r/s in
successive syllables; historically all such base forms *rVrV.. > lVrV.., and
in SR the same rule may apply, or else one /r/ deletes-- e.g. {par+aran}
'HON+name= title' > /palaran/; {uçiru+raka} 'artery+big= aorta' >
|uçiruwaka| /uSiruaka/, or {ri ratu} 'on (the) street' > /i ratu/

> Q2: Ditto - but for *morphophonology* or otherwise non-general cases.
> E.g., the prefix in- for English (-> r, l, m by context) - it only
> applies to that morpheme, not generally AFAIK. Again, include order of
> application.
There don't seem to be any such cases.
>
>
> Q3: Motivation, again? (If anything other than purely aesthetic, or
> you can give details of why you think your choices made for better
> aesthetics.)
>
Well, I find metathesis fascinating, especially when it's regular; otherwise
the nasal rule was adapted in part from Indonesian, but also as a way of
introducing some variety into the flow of things. I hate too much
regularity.....

Although phonology (of the generative school) and historical ling. are my
favorites, I have to confess I've never worked out the full set of phonol.
rules for Kash. OTOH they must be in my head, as I've never encountered any
difficulties or contradictions. Nor did I start with a proto-language
(though by working backwards I have a vague idea of what it was).