From: Adam Walker (dreamertwo@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri May 03 2002 - 16:03:22 EST
Okay, here I am back with another quandry. I'm trying to decide how
L-clusters develop. I'm looking at CL, PL, and FL and I've come up with
three possible senarios. Are any of them inherently implausible? Any of
them especially appealing? At present I'm leaning toward the third choice.
1st option
CL > /kl/
PL > /pj/
FL > /S/
2nd option
CL > /kr/
PL > /pr/
FL > /fr/
3rd option
CL > /pl/
PL > /fl/
FL > /S/
The /S/ in both option 1 and 3 is actually a sort of cross between /S/ and
/f/ which occurs in Shona.
Well, what think you?
I'm also trying to decide what to do with initial S-clusters. I know
Spanish, Portuguese and French (and I assume Catalan and Occitan?) add an
epenthetic vowel. I know Italian (and IIRC Romanian) doesn't. What does
Romansh do? Sardinian? Sicilian? Does anyone know if North African
(Algeria & Tunisia) Arabic likes initial "S", "F", etc. or no? What about
"R"?
Adam
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