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Re: Phonology-Realistic?

From:vehke <vaksje@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 10:30
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 05:20:39AM -0400, Yann Kiraly wrote:
> Thanks for the reply! Would the justification, that f->v and z replaced s > in some words, be satisfying?
Yes, I would say so. If you want, you could work out the exact conditions in which these sound changes take place. For example, /s/ becomes [z] between vowels (intervocally), and stays [s] elsewhere. I'm sure it's possible to justify the complete loss of [f] by stating that /f/ simply shifted to [v] in *all* positions, whereas the shift [s] -> [z] was halted half-way. There are many ways to justify these changes, e.g. influence from a (hypothetical) neighboring language, random dialectal variations, etc. -- vehke.

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Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>