16.2628, Qs: Hebrew Names; Phonemic Vowel Length and Music

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Subject: 16.2628, Qs: Hebrew Names; Phonemic Vowel Length and Music

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1)
Date: 09-Sep-2005
From: Vardit Haimi-Cohen < vardit at yale.edu >
Subject: Hebrew Names 

2)
Date: 11-Sep-2005
From: Julian Bradfield < jcb at inf.ed.ac.uk >
Subject: Phonemic Vowel Length and Music 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:16:27
From: Vardit Haimi-Cohen < vardit at yale.edu >
Subject: Hebrew Names 
 


I am a college student beginning a research project on Hebrew names, and
how they function in the trilateral-root/binyan system.  I would be very
grateful for any suggestions for background reading either on names in
Hebrew, the linguisitic features of names in general, etc. 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Morphology

Subject Language(s): Hebrew (heb)


	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:16:30
From: Julian Bradfield < jcb at inf.ed.ac.uk >
Subject: Phonemic Vowel Length and Music 

	

How do languages with phonemic vowel length (especially when there are
no quality distinctions between long and short versions) treat vocal music?
Or perhaps more accurately, how do people writing songs in such languages
treat length?

Do they mostly preserve it, or mostly ignore it?

Is it perhaps the case that a short vowel can be extended to fit a long note,
but a long vowel cannot be shortened?

Thanks for any information - reply to me, and I'll summarize to the list. 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
 



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