Re: English syllable structure
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 18:17 |
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Anton Sherwood wrote:
>
> Michael Poxon wrote:
> > . . . Romance often changed voiceless stop+l into voiceless stop+j
> > in such positions; *plan- (flat, level) into piano, etc.
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> `Romance' not only Italian?
I think just Italian. Spanish changed voiceless stop (and f) + l into
ll, e.g., flamma -> llama, clamare -> llmar, planus -> llano, etc.
Portuguese changed them to ch- (/S/), flamma -> chama; clamare ->
chamar, etc. I think French kept them.
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