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Re: Lenition or Elision or What?

From:Dirk Elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...>
Date:Thursday, December 8, 2005, 20:58
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 -- Gmail Warning: Watch the reply-to!

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