Re: help! phonology...

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> <sheepish look>  I got it from German.  You're right--I think I'll try
> applying it generally and see where it takes me.  :-)  Only certain
> sounds are allowed in word-final position ([b], [v], [t], [d], [n], [r],
> [s], [z]) right now but I'm not sure how much sense *that* rule makes either.
Something you might consider that German does not do (but Pima appears
to) is to devoice nasals and liquids.  I have a very cool example of a
palatal l becoming a voiceless lateral fricative. Very unusual. Very cool.

> Query: do <angle brackets> indicate Roman transcription?  Must remember that.
<> are for orthographic letters. [] is for phonetic sounds. // is for
phonemic sounds.

Marcus