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Article #2226Re: Proto-languages: what are the rules?
From: Joerg Knappen
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 15:30
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 15:30
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Another argument goes with minimal pair. I don't have examples at the hand, but say we have two sard words, one being k****, the other s****. These two have cognates in french, which are both s**** (in pronouciation, they are probably written differently). It is quite easy to explain that two formerly different sounds merge into one, but that one sound in the _same environment_ splits cannot be explained. --J"org Knappen.
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!news.th-darmstadt.de!minnie!obelix.kph.uni-mainz.de!knappen From: knappen@obelix.kph.uni-mainz.de (Joerg Knappen) Subject: Re: Proto-languages: what are the rules? Message-ID: <VEM090L@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de> Sender: usenet@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: obelix.kph.uni-mainz.de Reply-To: knappen@obelix.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE Organization: ONO (Organisation der Nicht-Organisierten) References: <memo.852685@cix.compulink.co.uk> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 15:30:25 GMT Lines: 8