Re: Case/Tense question

raccoon@ELKNET.NET wrote:
> Well, in my idiolect of English at least, <I'll> has two syllables: [ai l=]
> (where l= is syllabic l). So maybe you could make is [ai@l] > [ai@] and work
> from there?
No, wouldn't work.  /aj/ --> /e/ --> /E/, and also /@/ --> /E/, so /aj@/
--> /e@/ --> /E/.  But, it might work for other persons:

/ju/ --> /y/ --> /i/
/ju@l/ --> /y@/ --> /iE/ --> /jE/

/hi/ --> /i/ --> /e/
/hi@l/ --> /hi@/ --> /eE/ --> /ej/
(same with "she", but with /S/)

/It/ --> /Et/ --> /&t/
/It@l/ --> /E?@/ --> /&?E/ --> /&j/ --> /ej/

/Dej/ --> /de/ --> /dE/
/Dej@l/ --> /de@/ --> /dE/

/DEMal/ --> /d@mal/ --> /nal/ --> /nO/  [they had become 3rd singular
   epicene, so "them-all" was invented to stand in for plural]
/DEmal@l/ --> /d@mal@/ --> /nal@/ --> /nOlE/

/wi/ --> /we/
/wi@/ --> /weE/ --> /wej/

/jal/ --> /ja/ --> /jO/
/jal@l/ --> /jal@/ --> /jOlE/

So, homophones in first person singular and third epicene, I suppose
that's not too bad, as well as between 3rd masculine and 3rd neuter.

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