Re: a question concerning voicing harmony and vowels
| From: | Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, April 9, 2001, 9:52 |
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On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 21:26:26 -0400, Shreyas Sampat <nsampat@...>
wrote:
>Nodnod.
>I'm aware that both sound change processes happen in reality (I think I've
>seen voicing harmony happening in Gujarati, which some members of my family
>speak), but I'm concerned with their moving in two different directions..
>I'm going to have to do some research.
Hmm, yeah, I realized you were more asking about that thing... I pondered
for a minute or so if I should devote special mention to the direction
question. Alas, I wasn't sure what to say of it; I believe I've seen
languages where assimilation processes work inconsistently in either
direction (Latin comes to mind, for some reason)... too bad I don't have my
books with me - I know my favorite phonology book says something about this.
Perhaps I can add something more valuable later :)
Óskar