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Re: Syllabic consonants (was: Re: Beek)

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Monday, September 15, 2003, 22:38
Nik Taylor wrote:
> There are two underlying phonemes, /m/ and /m=/. /m/ becomes [m=] when > required by phonetic rules, but underlying /m=/ *never* becomes > non-syllabic. Thus, the form realized as ['m=ta] is underlyingly > /'m=ta/, but the form realized as [m='ta] is underlyingly /'mta/. > > So, when you add emi-, you get a minimal pair between [emi'm=ta] and > [emim'ta].
To make it worse, you could have minimal pairs that are homophonous in their dictionary form, e.g., in addition to /'m=ta/ vs. /'mta/, you could have: /m='ta/ = [m='ta] -> /emim='ta/ = [emim='ta] /'mta/ = [m='ta] -> /emi'mta/ = [emim'ta] -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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