Re: YAEPT: OMFG I'm a mutant!!! (was Re: Advanced English to become official!)
| From: | J. 'Mach' Wust <j_mach_wust@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 4, 2005, 13:29 |
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On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:03:49 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
>Henrik Theiling wrote:
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>>And for some strange reason, I have a short vowel there, I don't know
>>why. So I have [Sva_"] in German. This is close to modern Hebrew. :-)
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>Is a short vowel unexpected, then?
Exactly. As in most Germanic languages, there's an interrelation of vowel
quantity and syllable structure: Short stressed vowels can only occur in
closed syllables (hence they're also called _checked_ vowels); a stressed
vowel in an open syllable must be long (therefore, these are also called
_free_ vowels).
kry@s:
j. 'mach' wust