>From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: Mutations in general
>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:41:55 +0000
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>>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>>Subject: Re: Mutations in general
>>Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:33:33 -0400
>>
>>On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, at 12:45 , Andreas Johansson wrote:
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>>>Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>>>>>>+ Korean "tensified" stops. If another language exists that makes use
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>them I haven't been able to find it...though if someone knows of one,
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>Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>>>>>
>>>This "reinforced" vs "lax" contrast sounds alot like a fortis vs lenis
>>>distinction, does it not?
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>>I just looked up the terms today. Yes, it does. I'm at a loss as to why
>>it isn't described that way in the literature.
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>Scholarly tradition among koreanists, I'd guess. Idiosyncratic terms used
>to
>describe a particular language aren't that rare. Might the terms
>"reinforced" and "lax" be more or less direct translations of the Korean
>terms?
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> Andreas
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