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Re: THEORY: Re : THEORY: Semivowels

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, September 9, 1999, 22:44
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@/. -- "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed" - Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor