Re: Phonemic vocalic length in PU/PFU (was Re: Questions about Hungarian)
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 7, 2004, 20:46 |
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 15:54:12 -0400, Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote:
> Tamas wrote:
>
> "It would be another topic for hot debates: wheather PU/PFU had long
> vowels
> or not."
>
> Hmm. Interesting question. Where could long vowels come from? What
> phonological processes could trigger the creation of phonemic vocalic
> length?
Maybe the process of (Intervocalic Voiced) Stop -> Fricative -> Glide ->
Zero ?
Maybe (Voiced) Aspirated -> Breathy -> Schwa glide -> Schwa assimilation ?
Both of those are plausible to me (after only a second or five thinking
about it), although I cannot speak for the actual processes involved in
PU/PFU.
Paul
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