Re: Lenition or Elision or What?
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 8, 2005, 20:58 |
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On 12/8/05, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> writes:
> > There is a phonetic phenomenon in Senjecan that occurs when the
> > personal pronoun nominative + the present tense marker are prefixed to
> > a verbnoun with an initial vowel.
> >
> > m-i-ât-a /mi'at_da/
> > 1sg.-pres.-go-indic.
> > I go.
> >
> > This becomes mïâta. m_j'at_da
>
> I'd just call it 'palatalisation'.
I wouldn't call it palatalization; if I understand the transcription
correctly, the high front vowel has *become* the glide, rather than
merely inducing a palatalized pronunciation of the /m/ due to
coarticulation.
I'd opt for the term 'gliding' or 'contraction'.
Dirk
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