Re: Introduction and Þēwthàj Phonology

>From: Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
>
>But you wrote that /ew/ is [EU], not [o] or [OU].  (Though, of course,
>that would be perfectly feasible, too).
That's true, and that would be because I was typing quickly and am
proofreading-deficient.  <grin>  Sorry about that.  [OU] is correct.  I will
be more careful in the future.

In my opinion, [E] before /w/ would be a little weird.  Dissimilitation is
possible, but occurs nowhere else in the vowel system.  I'd expect at least
[OI] for /ey/ in that case.  Also, [EU]/[eU] is more marked that [OU]/[oU].
<shrug>  It all comes down to taste, though.

> > Normally, the roles of any other noun phrases are simply implied, but it
>is
> > possible to specify the roll of any non-topic noun by using a
>"proverbal"
> > with the appropriate prefix after the noun in question.
> >...
>
>Ah, that's a nice feature -- optional role marking for non-topics.  Nice!
The poetic register allows post-verbal topicalization (Verb Topic
Non-topic-noun-phrases), with no role-marking on the verb and free order of
noun phrases after the topic.  Ambiguity is fun!

Athey

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