Re: Probability of Article Replacement?

From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
> > I think one may be discarded by a process of elision.  'the' is doing
> > this in some english dialects, especially after a glottal stop.  It
> > usually still is there, as a very weak [@]. ie. 'at the pool' [&?@ puM/].
>
> I would understand that as "at a pool", so I doubt that version will catch
> on, since it obliterates an essential distinction.
Nah, the distinction is just reassigned :x)

"atta pool"   [&4@    "p_huU_^l]
"at the pool" [&t:_d@ "p_huU_^l]

Hmmm...

"inna pool"   [In@    "p_huU_^l]
"in the pool" [In:_d@ "p_huU_^l]

But it can't do it with all prepositions, as it wont for e.g. "from" or "as".

ObConlang:  stuff like this is how Dunamy gets away with losing the indefinite
article and reduces the to [@].  I'm not sure yet whether this means keeping
definite and indefinite forms of prepositions, though... which might be
interesting, having <er> vs <äta>.  (Maybe that'll just cause the old
prepositions to be replaced by ones that dont mutate...)

    *Muke!
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