Re: THEORY: derivation question

   Date:         Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:34:26 -0500
   From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>

   Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
   > Rather, a change --- often phonetically abrupt --- starts in a small
   > number of words, with a small number of speakers, and spreads through
   > both the population and the lexicon.

   Frequently, but not always.  There are cases where phonemes are changed
   almost without exception across the lexicon.

Nitpick: That's why I said 'usually not' in the paragraph before the
one you quoted, so that 'Rather' would imply 'usually'.

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)