Re: THEORY: Re : THEORY: Semivowels
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 9, 1999, 22:44 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> ('bonne' is pronounced
> /bOn/, not /bO~n/, to make it different from 'bon' /bO~/)
And, indeed, historically "bonne" was something like /bOn@/, while "bon"
was /bOn/, which became [bO~n], then /bO~/, after that nasalization,
then the schwa was lost from /bOn@/.
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