Re: Sound change rules for erosion

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:59:36PM -0700, Muke Tever wrote:

> Well, I havnt studied enough to help you in making it sound Germanic.
>
> But I can tell you:
> If you want fewer syllables you'll hafta be more brutal on your vowels.
> If you want more phonemes, you'll hafta be brutal on everything.
Yep.  What I posted was just the first step.  I do want to be brutal on
it.

> I'll give examples with my sound changes, which generally give what I
> consider are pleasing shapes.  [Query: what kind of time-frame are you
> looking at here?
As much time as necessary...

> 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?

Thanks,
Amanda

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