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<p><tt>John:</tt><br>
<tt>> How would you make pm and tn uniquely likely given the distrition of these<br>
sets within word forms and the outcome of *W and *R in the various<br>
branches?<br>
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<tt>I'm not as familiar as you and Bob are with the total distribution of these sets over Siouan. Could you suggest some actual problems that would challenge a nasally-released stop interpretation for *W and *R? Or which would favor an alternative interpretation? (If I'm understanding aright, you favor prenasal stops: *W = *mb, *R = *nd, while Bob favors laryngeal-semivowel clusters: *W = *?w/*hw, *R = *?r/*hr. Correct?)</tt><br>
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<tt>Rory</tt><br>
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