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Re: CHAT: Historical linguistics, and soundlaws

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Thursday, March 25, 1999, 15:55
Irina Rempt wrote:

> I don't know whether the South African [sk] is a real dissimilation > or a reflex of the dialect of some of the settlers.
Hmm... you're right, it could be from an earlier dialect (much as American dialects that have [&ks] come from ealier English dialects), but I would think that originally, there had to be the dissimilation anyways (assuming, of course, that the [sx] cluster predated the [sk] in any dialect). ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace ========================================================