CHAT: Mistakes in lexical creating (was Re: CHAT: Another NatLang i like)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 26, 1999, 2:11 |
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Herman Miller wrote:
> and it was too easy to make "mistakes" by creating roots that violate
> the phonology.
Well, in Watakass=ED, there are a few odd restrictions, such as no /gj/ o=
r
/gi/. When I make a mistake, I either alter it, either by replicating
actual sound changes from Kass=ED to Watakass=ED (such as /gj/ --> /j/ an=
d
/gi/ to /i/), or, when possible (as in this case) chalk it up to a
borrowing. The Kass=ED have no problems with pronouncing /gj/ or /gi/, i=
t
just happens that they don't have it.
--=20
Pisitakassisag=E1finva-bu?
Do you speak Watakass=ED?
La, Pisitakassisag=E1uv
Yes, I do speak Watakass=ED.
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