Re: Allophone Problem

Joseph Fatula wrote:
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> Let's try again:
>
>- [tes] > [teza]
>- [tiz] > [tiza]
>- [kef] > [keva]
>- [kiv] > [kiva]
Well, you might explain that the loering of /i/ is not triggered by the
unvoiced fricativ *phones*, but the *phonemes*; ie. that [teza] is still
underlyingly /tisa/, and so on. I'd find it less contrived, however, to just
consider them different phonemes with a quirky distribution.

Just my €/50.

John Vertical

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