Re: English syllable structure
| From: | jogloran <exponent@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 6:49 |
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Anton Sherwood <bronto@P...> wrote:
And Rosta wrote:
> whereas Am E does them as /pAst@/ and /kowst@/, i.e. with Am E
> phonemes but Foreign phonotactics (alient for monomorphemic words).
`alient', bwana?
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I was at a Sydney language bookshop (oh the joy) a few hours ago
reading the Swahili grammar. It seems that bwana is simply the male
common form of address (= Mr.) and isn't politically incorrect or
anything...
Imperative who is interested by the singular-plural noun changes in
Swahili