Re: Syllabic consonants (was: Re: Beek)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 15, 2003, 18:38 |
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:09:56PM -0400, Isidora Zamora wrote:
> >So the /r/ is not syllabic here? Is it ever?\
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> The /r/ *is* syllabic in <karm>, and the word should be divided as
> kar-m.
I'm confused. If the /r/ is syllabic, then wouldn't it be ka-r-m?
Three syllables?
> But if the word were to have a suffix beginning in a vowel added to
> it, then the /r/ would cease to be syllabic, moving into the onset of the
> second syllable. Let's see...I need an example, and I don't have one
> because this language is in the *very* early stages of development...so why
> don't I just make up a case ending on the spot? How about -ab? Then we
> get <karmab> 'very many shields', divided into syllables as kar-mab.
That demonstrates that the <m> stops being syllabic, but it doesn't
change anything about the <r>'s context.
-Mark
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