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Re: First post & three questions

From:Marcus Smith <smithma@...>
Date:Saturday, January 20, 2001, 0:56
Dirk Elzinga wrote:

> > 1. What semivowels are there other than y and w? > >It seems to me that any high vowel may have a semivowel partner, >so just as /y/ is /i/'s semivowel partner and /w/ is /u/'s, you >can also have a high front rounded semivowel as a partner to /ü/ >(u-umlaut), and a high back unrounded semivowel as a partner to >/ï/ (i-diaresis). This is the so-called 'velar glide' of >Axininca Campa.
Ilocano has allophonic [e] glides, and Pima has [o] glides in some diphthongs. So I guess mid vowels could also be semi-vowels, though they are rare. Marcus Smith "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing." -- Thomas Huxley