Re: Phonological questions, bunch 2
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 16:10 |
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Hi!
caotope <johnvertical@...> writes:
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> The *falling* diphthongs /ie y2 uo/ derive from historical /e: 2: o:/.
>...
Falling? I pronounce 'Tuomas' something like [twOmas], i.e., the 'o'
is more prominent, so this should be a rising diphthong.
> AFAIK *rising* difthongs do stem mostly from vowel + glide.
> ...
Again, you mean the reverse, no? From glide + vowel? Otherwise I'd
expect the first element to be more prominent.
**Henrik
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