Re: the sound [a]
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 9, 2004, 4:42 |
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Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Assuming that having [i] and [u] in non-final position would be perceived as
> odd, wrong or accented, certainly.
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> I notice that your hypothetical example language appears to use fairly long
> words or alot of coda consonants.
Eh, so make it 2:1, then. Or even 1.5:1, the ratio isn't important.
:-) I just meant, whichever is more common, or can be analyzed as the
default (that is, it's simpler to say "use [i] in case X, [e] otherwise"
than to say "use [e] in case X, Y, or Z, [i] otherwise", should be
considered the phoneme.
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