Re: THEORY: derivation question
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 25, 1999, 3:23 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> Generally speaking, yes. There are languages and language families where
> the tendency is the exact opposite, like in some of the Papua New Guinean
> languages I had to study for my historical linguistics class. Motu (dominant
> on the Southern shore), I think it was, has a rule that changed all original
> *s to /t/.
Intriguing. What's the evidence that the original form *was* *s?
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