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

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)?

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