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Restricted consonant gradation

From:Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@...>
Date:Sunday, February 25, 2007, 15:54
Hi list

As you may have read, my conlang Vallian has consonant gradation, whereby (
e.g.) rr -> r (in one dialect) in closed syllables.

However, my language is intended to be polysynthetic/non-configurational, so
given unrestricted consonant gradation, the following could happen:

kerel "bird", nom. sing. -> "kerrel-le", nom. dual -> "kerre-la-s" nom.
sing. inflected in agreement with feminine noun in the ergative.

Is having CG in noun/adjective/verb stems, but not for suffixes, credible?

TIA

Jeff