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Re: Question about Coda Restrictions

From:Dirk Elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...>
Date:Thursday, April 24, 2008, 15:08
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Mr Veoler <veoler@...> wrote:

> Dirk Elzinga wrote: > > It can go both ways. > > a) Does this mean that none of the ways are more common than the other, > or generally more expressed?
I don't know if one is more common than the other. But neither is so uncommon that it would be out of place in a naturalistic constructed language. Of course, it's your language and you can do what suits you; you're in charge!
> > > b) Is there a natlang analogous to my system: any of /n S l/ in all codas > and any of /n S l x/ in word-final codas? >
From a typological point of view, it seems (to me) to be an odd collection for non-final and final codas. Are there other coronal consonants besides /n S l/? If so, it seems reasonable to allow them in coda position as well. Are there other velar consonants besides /x/? Is /x/ a suffix? Having larger codas in English accommodates several kinds of inflectional and derivational suffixes (think of words like jump-ed or fif-th-s). But like I said above, it's your language, and you should do what suits you. You may find after playing with it for a while that you develop your own rationale for the disposition of consonants in syllable codas. Dirk -- Miapimoquitch: Tcf Pt*p+++12,4(c)v(v/c) W* Mf+++h+++t*a2c*g*n4 Sf++++argh La----c++d++600