>Dirk Elzinga writes:
> > At 7:37 PM +0100 10/22/02, Tim May wrote:
> > >Peter Clark writes:
> > > > Perhaps I can steer this thread back to its original topic. BTW Dirk,
> > > > thanks for the definitions of lenition, gradation, and mutation. I knew
> > > > lenition, but I was not familiar with gradation.
> > >
> > >Incidentally, Peter, I think Dirk's definitions would make a good FAQ
> > >entry (normally I'd forward them to you, but seeing as this is your
> > >own thread that would seem to be unnecessary).
> >
> > Thanks for the recommendation. I remember posting something like
> > this to the list several years ago, and as I recall it was better
> > worded. If that post can be found again, maybe it could be used
> > instead ...
> >
>Would that be this one?
>
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9908B&L=conlang&P=R2167&D=0
>
>It would perhaps be desirable to have the examples of both Shoshone
>gradation and Fula mutation in the same article - as the author,
>maybe you could edit them together (perhaps removing the
>references to Rinya from the earlier post, as they'll be out of
>context in the FAQ)?