Re: Back to mutations again was Re: Mutations in General

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 ...

Dirk
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Dirk Elzinga                                               Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu

"It is important not to let one's aesthetics interfere with the appreciation of
fact." - Stephen Anderson

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