Re: DECAL: Examples #3: Phonological change rules

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:18:20 -0800, Sai Emrys <saizai@...> wrote:

> Same deal.
>
> Try to use /UR/->[SR] / X_# type rules (e.g. /C/ -> [-vd C] / [-vd C]
> _ ) (# = word boundary).
>
> Q1: What are your *phonologically driven* sound change rules?
For Thag, since the others are a priori.

I *think* you can apply these changes in the order they're written. That's
the goal, anyway.

PIE -> Thagojian

$ = syllable boundary
% = morpheme boundary
KW = (kw, gw, gwh)
Using CXS (except for certain special symbols)

Where a source character is not shown, it does not change.

bh -> f
dh -> T
tk^ -> K / $ _
dg^ -> K / $ _
dhg^h -> l / $ _
k^ -> s
g^ -> S
g^h -> tS
gh -> x
l -> ul / KW _ C
l -> il / C _ C
l -> l7 / C _ %
r -> ur / KW _ C
r -> ir / C _ C
r -> r7 / C _ %
m -> um / KW _ C
m -> im / C _ C
m -> m7 / C _ %
n -> un / KW _ C
n -> in / C _ C
n -> n7 / C _ %
kw -> p / _ (i,e)
kw -> k / _ (u,o)
gw -> b / _ (i,e)
gw -> g / _ (u,o)
gwh -> f / _ (i,e)
gwh -> x / _ (u,o)
e: -> e
o: -> o
e -> E
Ei -> e
o -> O
Ou -> o

The laryngeal rules are complex, and I haven't fully figured them out yet.
They give rise to the consonants romainsed |q| and |h|.

Vowel harmony rules are hard to write compactly. Basically:

Front vowels: i e E

Back vowels: u o O

Neutral vowels: M 7 A

Vowel harmony is based on the first vowel of the root of a given word (and
thus is retrograde for prefixes). Disharmonic vowels in PIE become neutral
vowels of the same height. Neutral vowels might be pronounced frontedly in
front-harmony words, as /y 2 a/.

I haven't even started to look at stress rules, stress movement rules,
tone rules, or a number of other things.

> Q3: Motivation, again?
Pure whim.





Paul