Re: Consonant clusters (was Citation forms of words, and the cynicism required to study Georgian)
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 21:53 |
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Andrew Chaney wrote:
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> >> (Somehow, the more extreme examples in English phonology -- "two
> >> sixths [t_hu: sIksTs]" -- never seem to come up in these discussions.)
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> Oh how I despise that word... :^(
It becomes somewhat easier when you use /tT/ (affr.) to mark a fraction,
except after vowels: /tu: sIkstTs/.* That's beginning to look somewhat
Georgian ;)
*The best example I can think of is eighth /{itT/ vs Ath /{iT/.
Tristan