Voice-onset time (fwd)

[Andrew Carnie]

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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 20:12:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elizabeth Pyatt <pyatt1 at husc.harvard.edu>
To: The Celtic Linguistics List <CELTLING at mitvma.mit.edu>
Cc: Joseph Eska <eska at vtaix.cc.vt.edu>
Subject: Re: Voice-onset time (fwd)

For Breton data check

Falc'hun, Francois (1951) Le systeme consanantique
du breton avec une etude comparative de phonetique experimentale.  Rennes:
Philon.


Both Breton and Welsh have phonetic aspirates [ph,th,kh] for /p,t,k/ and
[p,t,k] for /b,d,g/, so this system can be reconstructed for
Proto-Brythonic (see Thomas 1990 - BBCS, Grijzenhout 1995 PhD - OTS &
Pyatt 1997 Phd - Harvard).

In addition, Scottish  Gaelic /p,t,k/ are heavily aspirated and /p,t,k/
may have also been aspirated in Old Irish (Grijzenhout 1995).  Therefore,
I would assume that the aspirated system can be reconstructed for
Proto-Celtic, although this is certainly debatable.  This of course would
have interesting implications for how we reconstruct certain sound
changes, notably the origin of the Brythonic Spirant/Aspirate mutation
(Thomas 1990, Grijzenhout 1995, Pyatt 1997). Hope this is useful.

                        Elizabeth J. Pyatt
                        pyatt1 at fas.harvard.edu (for now)

Complete References -

Pyatt, Elizabeth J. (1997) An Integrated Model of the Syntax and Phonology
of Celtic Mutation.  Ph.D.  Harvard University.

Grijzenhout, Janet (1995) Irish Consonant Mutation and Phonological
Theory.  Ph.D. OTS.

Thomas, Peter Wynn  (1990) "The Brythonic Consonant Shift and the
Development of Consonant Mutation," Bulletin of the Board of Celtic
Studies 33:1-42.

On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Andrew Carnie wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 10:39:27 +22324924 (EDT)
> From: Joseph F. Eska <eska at vtaix.cc.vt.edu>
> To: celtling at mitvma.mit.edu
> Subject: Voice-onset time
>
> For a project on voicing cross-over in stops in Celtic and other languages,
> I'm trying to locate any published experimental data on voice-onset time for
> stops in any of the modern Celtic languages.  I'd be very grateful if anyone
> on the list would let me know of any publications they are aware of.
>
> Joe Eska
> eska at vtaix.cc.vt.edu
>