Funny W

Rory M Larson rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Mon Nov 13 17:18:23 UTC 2006


>> construed as a nasal allomorph of *w or *r.  Thus, e.g.:
>>
>>   Nasal           *NN
>>   Oral         TTTTTaaaaaa
>>   Laryngeal         VVVVVV
>
> I'm thinking more along the lines of
>
>    Nasality  Tier       N
>                         |
>    Segmental Tier     # C            V
>                         [+ resonant]
>                         R            V
>                         n            u

John, could you give a legend for this?  Obviously, we're using a somewhat
different tier structure here, and I'm not sure I can follow your argument
at this point without more of an explanation for the symbols you're using.

Thanks,
Rory
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