Re: Some questions about Romance langs
| From: | Oskar Gudlaugsson <hr_oskar@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 21, 2001, 11:16 |
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On Mon, 21 May 2001 00:17:55 -0500, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
wrote:
(regarding l-vocalization)
>I don't know about the typology, but it doesn't seem an unlikely change to
>me. It's happened in various English dialects and Polish, at least.
You got me wrong :) I was more surprised that the l should _not_ vocalize; I
find it more natural that velarized l's invariably vocalize to back vowels,
rather than losing their velarization and becoming "normal" l's.
Anyway, thanks for the education in Romance linguistics! :)
Regards,
Óskar