Re: Sound change rules for erosion

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:58:50AM -0500, Roger Mills wrote:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
Wow, I'm so glad you responded to this.  I didn't get the message from Nik!
It went to Conlang, but it hasn't reached me yet.

> IMO this is one of the problems. It seems hard to get initial C-clusters
> with a strong accent on an initial CV syllable.
That's a good point - I'll have to think on that.

> Can you have compounds of two CVCV words? That could produce a different
> accent pattern--CVcv-CVcv, which would lead to e.g. **básu+kémo > báskem.
Another interesting idea.

> I like a rule that would fricativize the first of two stops in a cluster;
> also, preconsonantal w > f   :-)).
Very cool, yes.

> All in all, Nik has presented a goodly list.
Thanks for quoting it!  (I can get the full text from the Yahoo mirror,
I know.)

> I'll take a look at Amanda's posting to see what else  occurs to me-- in
> particular, I did feel that final unstressed vowels ought to be
> dropped.........
Some of them are, now...

Amanda