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Re: another silly phonology question

From:dirk elzinga <dirk.elzinga@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 29, 2000, 16:00
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Nik Taylor wrote: > > > Yoon Ha Lee wrote: > > > No, I think it was specifically discussed when I asked about > > > Chevraqis having [b] [t] [d] [k] with no [p] or [g]. > > > > Interesting, so you intuitively ended up dropping just those sounds that > > are most likely to be dropped if any stops are dropped? > > <rueful g> I don't know if it was even intuitive. I just didn't like > the way [p] and [g] sounded! Aesthetic intuition? Beats me. :-p
This is as good an argument for universals as any which have been made. I suspect that many conlangs being developed by people who are otherwise linguistically naive will show effects of purported universals (as well as L1 interference--the "relex" problem). Dirk -- Dirk Elzinga dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu