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Re: Double-segmentation (Was: brz, or Plan B revisited)

From:Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
Date:Monday, September 26, 2005, 20:34
Hallo!

Yahya Abdal-Aziz wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Jörg Rhiemeier wrote, in reply to Patrick Littell: > > [self-segregation scheme snup] > > Hi Jörg, > > I'd say your scheme was both logical and ingenious.
Thank you!
> BTW, I disagree that the consonant clusters arising from > the other scheme (Patrick's, if I remember correctly), > are hideous - they do seem to be quite pronounceable, and > to respect the kind of sonority hierarchy shown at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonority_hierarchy.
It's of course a matter of taste.
> I rather like the sound of "kotuhqafsmit" - sure beats > trying to pronounce Nuxálk (Bella Coola)!
True.
> But back on-topic - what kinds of schemes occur in > natlangs, and with what kinds of frequency, for both > morpheme- and word-level segregation? And if such data > is available, are there any plausible theories to account > for them?
AFAIK, self-segregating schemes tend not to occur in natlangs. That is also why I don't use any such schemes in my naturalist artlangs (such as Old Albic). Greetings, Jörg.