Re: Latin vowel inventory
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 30, 2003, 17:05 |
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Andreas Johansson scripsit:
> > Indeed. When an American legislature adjourns without setting
> > a dating for reconvening, it adjourns "sine die" [saIni daI] -
> > a direct reflex of the Great Vowel Shift.
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> Is there any particular reason for dropping the second final -e, but not the
> first one?
It's not exactly dropped, but [aI.i] can easily become a long monosyllable.
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