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Re: Elvish ideas ...

From:Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 19, 2003, 14:31
Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Pavel Iosad <edricson@...>: > > >>Hello, >> >>Andreas: >> >>>That would have to involve turning /sj/ (as in a hypothetical >>>word _seom_ [sjom]) into [S], too. Seems like a very >>>natural change. >> >>Slavic did just that. And wait... >> >>A certain Andreas Johansson, today: >> >>>Some dialects, eg in Finland, have [S] [for _sj_] >> >>What is written _sj_ in Swedish used to *be* _sj_ at some point, unless >>I am grossly mistaken. > > > No, that's quite correct. And I believe the dialects that have [x] or similar > got there with [S] as an intermediate stage. > > Dutch did the same, too, IIRC. > > But there's no law of nature saying that [sj] must necessarily >[S]. Still, > I'm most probably going to modify Meghean phonology on this point.
Seems quite a common occurence. One near similar example: In Irish the palatalised form of |s| is [S]. s. -- "Socialism plus electrification equals communism" Stephen Mulraney -- Vladimir Il'yich Lenin, after a demonstration w::ataltane.net of the Theremin by its inventor. e:: " at " .net