Re: Carrajena Consonant Clusters . . . MMMMM
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, March 30, 2003, 21:06 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Carrajena Consonant Clusters . . . MMMMM
> Shreyas Sampat scripsit:
>
> > > CT > p
> > This is bizarre. Natlang influence? What motivates this soundchange?
> > You're pulling a feature out of nowhere and deleting a couple... it's
> > quite odd.
>
> It's just what Romanian does: DIRECTAM > drepte.
>
I could see it happening in in English, too:
From 'direct /dairEct/' to 'drept /drEpt]
/dairEct/ > /d@rEct/ > /drEct/ > /drE?/ > /drEp_}/
Incidentally, I'm sure I've said(or have heard) all but the last, and the
last is a pretty possible transformation, as /?/ can pretty much turn into
anything, depending on the surrounding vowels.