Re: new to conlanging

In a message dated 5/23/01 3:02:22 PM, jaspax@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:

<< > on dethond'aema /on d2"Tond%eimQ/, lit. "in heart-mine" or "in my heart."
> [snip[
> corgotaeni /"korGoTeinE/
In the first example you have <th> = [T], and in the second <t> = [T].
Why?
 >>

    You know, if this were a real language and I were doing a phonemic
analysis, I'd say that /t/>[T]/__V [+front, -low], and /t/>[t]/elsewhere,
whereas if you want [T] in front of a back vowel or low front vowel, you
write it /th/.  While it'd be more likely for [t] to become [tS] or [S] in
front of high front vowels, [T] isn't that unlikely, I'd say.

-David

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