Re: LONG: Latest Wenetaic Stuff

Nik writes:
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Paul Bennett wrote:
> 1. Post-stop nasals are realised as voiced stops at their original
> POA, ie {etnge} -> [etge]
Cool.
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Thanks.


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> 2. Pre-stop aspirated consonants are realised as fricatives near
> their original POA, ie {ethke} -> [eTke]
Cool rule.  Perhaps in a later stage all aspirates become fricatives?
If aspirates later merge with unaspirated stops, that might lead to
interesting cases with compounds, where some /t/'s remain /t/, and
others become /T/?
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Hmm.  I might just do that, though I fear I'd lose some clarity in (what is to
me) a nice regular way for the roots to work.


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>   {th} -> [T]
>   {kh} -> [C](SAMPA) the sound in German "ich"
Why not [x] for {kh}, and maybe [s] for {th}?
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I instinctively pronounced {th} as /T/ when I tried coming up with it, so it
stuck.  /C/ just might be /x/, in the end.  The sound I instinctively made just
seems more like /C/ than /x/.


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> {ethnge} -> [eTge]
So /et_hNe/ = [eTge]?  Intriguing.
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Thanks.  I think.  It seems to work for me when I read out my examples.


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> Basic root (conceptually) : C1 V1 C2 V2
> NS: The same
> NP: C1 V1 C1 C2 V2
Does this mean that C1 is reduplicated?
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Yes.  Singular <kamu> becomes <kakmu> in plural, <kamku> as an instantaneous
verb and <kamaku> as a continuous verb.


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I don't understand the stuff about roots.
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Erm, I have virtually no technical terms at my disposal, so I don't know if I
can make myself any clearer.  Sorry.






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