Re: plausible sound change?

At 08:48 AM Thursday 6/7/01, you wrote:
>   Hey all,
>
>     Is this a plausible sound change?
>
>     intervocalically, stops
>
>      fricativize after a front vowel
>      voices before a front vowel, which affects the
>previous vowel
>
>     frex:
>
>     itar > ithar
>     atir > edir
>
>     what would happen is both vowels were front?
>
>     etir > eidir or ithir?
etir > ethir

etir > eidir

etir > eidir > eidhir

or maybe a whole new rule for use between two front vowels:

etir > eithir

They all sound really nice. As far as plausibility, I think you're welcome
to indulge yourself until linguists come up with a universal theory
explaining what makes sound changes happen in the first place.

Cheers, Tom


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