On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:39:42 +0200 BP Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> At 11:42 2002-08-21 -0400, Steg Belsky wrote:
> >How early would the Vulgar Latin base of Judajca have to had broken
> away
> >in order to preserve the /h/ phoneme?
> Not sure, but I think already in pre-imperial times.
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When would that be? Pre-c.100BCE?
> An alternative way is to re-introduce /h/ thru an *s > /h/ sound
> change, in
> which case a definite article with initial /h/ could derive from
> _ipse_:
> this actually became _isse_ in Romance, and if _ille_ could be
> shortened to
> _le_, _illa_ to _la_, then why not _isse_ > _se_ > _he_, _issa_ >
> _sa_ > _ha_.
> An s > h change might be a good idea since you IIRC have a VtV > VsV
> change.
> And thanks for informing me about the existence of postposed
> definite
> articles outside the Scandinavian and Balkan areas!
> /BP 8^)>
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No problem! Thanks for the ideas about sound changes... i don't know if
i'll actually go through with it, though. Judajca is perpetually almost
on hold :-P .
-Stephen (Steg)
"aru."