Re: Allophony
| From: | Kenji Schwarz <schwarz@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 7, 1999, 1:15 |
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On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Kenji Schwarz wrote:
> > The Old Japanese (reconstructed) vowels that are customarily reprsented
> > with umlauts are NOT fronted. The mark was originally meant just as a
> > diacritic to distinguish them from the "other" /i o e/, and wasn't meant
> > to suggest a particular phonetic shape.
>
> Oh, so /i"/ and /i/ merged, but what exactly /i"/ was is not known? Do
> I understand you correctly?
Yep, that's my understanding that you're understanding!
Kenji