7.425, Qs: Word-final consonant clusters, Maledicta, Japanese

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-425. Thu Mar 21 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  115
 
Subject: 7.425, Qs: Word-final consonant clusters, Maledicta, Japanese
 
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Date:  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:38:30 GMT
From:  jsc at indy.phon.ox.ac.uk (John Coleman)
Subject:  Unusual word-final consonant clusters
 
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:12:52 +0200
From:  fred at sunserv.incon.fi (Fred Baube[tm])
Subject:  Maledicta ?
 
3)
Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:45:41 EST
From:  kozonoj at gunet.georgetown.edu (Joseph Kozono)
Subject:   Old Japanese Syllabary
 
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Date:  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:38:30 GMT
From:  jsc at indy.phon.ox.ac.uk (John Coleman)
Subject:  Unusual word-final consonant clusters
 
Dear colleagues,
 
I would be very grateful for any indications of languages in which the
following un-English consonant clusters are possible:
 
1) In word-initial position:
 
[sdZ] ([dZ] as in "John" [dZon])
[dZl], [smw], [snw]
[Nr] ([N] is eng)
[Nl], [sNr], [sNl], [sNw]
 
2) In word-final position:
 
[mtS] ([tS] as in "chip" [tSip])
[mk]
[mD] ([D] as in "this" [Dis])
[mS] ([S] as in "ship" [Sip])
[mZ] ([Z] as in "pleasure" [pleZ@])
[mv], [nv], [NS], [Nf], [Nv], [NtS], [NdZ]
[lD], [lg]
[aug], [aidZ], [oidZ], [oitS], [oiS]
[iint], [aig], [eins]
[iilT] ([T] as in "wealth" [welT])
[iilp], [iilk]
[ST], [tST]
 
Many of these are distinctly "un-English" sounding. I want to know if
this is because of general/universal constraints or language-specific
constraints.
 
Many thanks,
 
John Coleman
 
Director, Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory
41 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JF, UK
 
Home page: http://www.phon.ox.ac.uk/
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:12:52 +0200
From:  fred at sunserv.incon.fi (Fred Baube[tm])
Subject:  Maledicta ?
 
Hello,
 
Does anyone know what has happened to the journal Maledicta, that was
run by the late Dr Reinhold Aman ?
 
I have been unable to find anything on the WWW.
 
Many thanks,
 
 /Fred Baube
 
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Date:  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 10:45:41 EST
From:  kozonoj at gunet.georgetown.edu (Joseph Kozono)
Subject:   Old Japanese Syllabary
 
I am beginning to do some research on the "irohana" syllabary but
unfortunately I am unable to find many reference sources.  Can anyone
provide some guidance on this respect?  Thank you.
 
Joseph M Kozono <kozonoj at gunet.georgetown.edu>
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