Re: help! phonology...& addendum

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 02:21:24PM -0400, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
[snip]
> And I just noticed that /c/ and /C/ also have voiced versions which
> aren't represented, and the asymmetry of that worries me too.
[snip]

A language doesn't need to have voiced consonants IIRC... the only
compulsory rule I know of is that if there is an affricate/fricative sound
of a particular class (eg. dentals, velars, etc.), then there must be a
corresponding simple stop. So if you have /x/, either /g/ or /k/ would
need to be present. But this does not go the other way -- just because you
have /k/ doesn't mean you must have /x/. And I *suspect* that the presence
of /k/ does not require the presence of /g/, but I may be wrong...

Of course, I'm no phonology expert (as you can tell from my continuing
troubles with IPA sounds), so take this with an appropriately-sized grain
of salt.

> Sorry--very scatterbrained today.  Lots of errands to run.
*picks up YHL's brains after her*

Here, put them back in.

:-P


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