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R: Re: Outcomings

From:Mangiat <mangiat@...>
Date:Sunday, August 13, 2000, 11:31
BP Jonsson wrote:

> At 10:44 12.8.2000 -0700, J Matthew Pearson wrote: > >Mangiat wrote: > > > > > Just a question: is the term 'outcoming' right to describe a sound or > > even a > > > word derived from another? I'm translating a grammar of my dialect, > > here's a > > > piece of it: > > > > > > <<). In a closed syllable the outcoming can be u (promptu > prunt;
ordo >
> > > urdin; cepulla > scigula; curte > curt; gutta > guta; ne gutta >
nagutt CM;
> > > furnu > furnu; crusta > crusta; pulvere > pulvar; vulpe > vulp; dulce > > > > dulz; ung(u)la > ungia) or ü (spongia > spügna; pullu > püj; nos >
nün; vos
> > > > vü; duo > düü). >> > > > >A technical term for a derivative is "reflex". This term is generally
applied
> >to words (as in "Modern English _loaf_ is the reflex of Old English
_hla:f_"),
> >but I don't see why it couldn't be applied to sounds as well. > > > >Matt. > > > It is. >
OK, I think I'll use them as synonyms. Luca