Re: Allophony
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 6, 1999, 0:03 |
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Rob Nierse wrote:
> What is more likely?
> /ti/ => [tsi] ot [ci]?
Both are equally likely. Consider Japanese, where /ti/ became [tSi],
while in Spanish at one stage, /tj/ became /tsj/, as in /na'tjon/ -->
/na'tsjon/ --> /nasjon/ or /naTjon/ (nacio'n)
Intuitively, I suspect [tSi] is more common, but I don't have any data
to confirm or deny.
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