deixis and deictic

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Beverly,

Indeed more than some. The fate of many intervocalics I reckon.

dInIs



>dInIs, wassup with your 'whuzzup'?!  Maybe the voiced form is used by some?
>
>At 11:17 AM 1/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>>larry,
>>
>>minima indeed, but a gotcha is  gotcha.
>>
>>dInIs
>>
>>
>>>At 9:14 AM -0500 1/15/01, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>>>>>larry,
>>>>
>>>>Whuzzup with your syllable divisions today? DIE-ksis ~ DIKE-tick
>>>>
>>>>dInIs
>>>OK, mea minima culpa.  DIKE-tick is an actual syllable division (and
>>>there's the bonus of two syllables that correspond to actual English
>>>words, always a nice trade-off when you're stuck in ascii).  I
>>>thought I'd go with DIE-ksis for the "die" on the same grounds, but
>>>now I realize that I COULD have gone with the even more
>>>well-motivated (if potentially more offensive) DIKE-sis for the
>>>nominal form.  There you go.
>>>
>>>larry
>>
>>--
>>Dennis R. Preston
>>Department of Linguistics and Languages
>>Michigan State University
>>East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
>>preston at pilot.msu.edu
>>Office: (517)353-0740
>>Fax: (517)432-2736
>
>
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>Beverly Olson Flanigan         Department of Linguistics
>Ohio University                     Athens, OH  45701
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Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736