Re: Sound change rules for erosion

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?

Thanks,
Amanda

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