Re: Sound change rules for erosion

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:04:53 -0500, Amanda Babcock <ababcock@...>
wrote:

> Does anybody have a good set of sound change rules written up for
> eroding a language with few phonemes and all open syllables (polynesian
> feel) into one with shorter words, more phonemes, and complex Germanic-
> sounding syllables?  I've never had the patience to play with sound
> changes long enough to get a satisfying result.  It would be nice to
> start with some naturalistic changes (running them through Mark
> Rosenfelder's Sound Change program) and then tweak it.
What's the starting phoneme set? Is there phonemic accent (stress, tone, or
what-have-you)?





Paul

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