Re: Sound change rules for erosion

Staving Amanda Babcock:
>On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:36:44AM +0000, Peter Bleackley wrote:
>
> > Here are some plausible changes.
> > Palatalise consonants before i.
> > [pi]->[fi], [ti]->[Si], [ki]->[tS)i] etc.
> > Voice unvoiced consonants before u.
>
>Good heavens, you read my mind.  I'd been thinking of both of those.
>
> > Drop unstressed vowels when the sonority of the following consonant is
> > greater than that of the preceeding one.
>
>So how would this work?  'pAtol would become 'pAtl?  Does it still apply
>if the following consonant is a cluster?  Would 'pAmaw"pe (woman) become
>'pAmu"pe?
>
All of the answers to these are up to you! Play around with them until you
get  the effect you want.

Pete