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Re: Quick Latin pronunciation question

From:Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 20:28
Den 27. mai. 2008 kl. 17.47 skreiv Ray Brown:

> Sorry - I left out "of". It should have read: "In VL prevocalic _i_ > was > always [j] with consequent palatalization of the preceding consonant." > > Whether any consonant follows or not is not relevant. What I mean > is that > the Classical Latin CiV (two syllables) will be rendered as CjV (one > syllable in VL, and the C before (preceding) the [j] is subject to > palatalization.
Ok, I get it. Thanks. LEF