Re: Sound change rules for erosion

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:01:54 -0500, Amanda Babcock <ababcock@...>
wrote:
>> The more time you give yourself, the more changes you
>> can get away with.  These changes span from PIE date to the modern day.]
>>
>> *pamawape > Proto-Hadwan *famøwafe
>>    - *p > f  [standard fare; Germanic does this]
>>    - *a becomes *ø before *w (an odd change, but mirrors *a > *e
>>      before *y)
>> PH *famøwafe > Kirumb famuvaf /famy"waf/
>>    - the stress system changes, so we dont know (and it doesnt
>>      matter) what it was originally.
>>    - the mid vowels raise: *ø > /y/, *e > /i/.
>>    - final unstressed /i/ drops.
>> K famuvaf > Âdlanke famvaf /'fAmvAf/
>>    - The stress moves to the original syllable, dropping what
>>      vowels may come between.
>> Â famvaf > Atlantic famvaf /'fAmvAf/
>>    - No changes.
>
> This is interesting stuff.  Do you have a list of all the changes that
> take place at each step?
Yeah....
I do them by hand, mainly because some of them involve stress, which is a
bit complex for the automated sound change appliers.

They're in a set of .doc files, with lots of unicode and slightly rough
format, otherwise I'd post them here now [but right now I'm waiting for a
ride to the airport...]


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