Re: Odp: [tied] Sanskrit /r/

Note that English /r/ colours the preceding vowel causing its centring or retraction (in Middle English it even made /e/ change into /a/, just like *h2), and its loss in non-rhotic accents triggers compensatory lengthening (/kard/ > /ka:d/). I'm sure /r/ itself is a latterday "laryngeal" :)))

This odd feeling of deja-vu is nothing extraordinary in historical phonology.

Piotr

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas

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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 3:58 PM

Subject: Re: Odp: [tied] Sanskrit /r/

So, by analogy with PIE consonants /y/ and /w/, the following analysis can be proposed: AmEn /r/ is a phoneme with the following allophones: [r] when functions as non-syllabic (before vowels etc) [&r] when functions as syllabic (before consonants, word-final etc) [ur] prolongated grade of [&r] (etymologically < /r/ + ProtoAmEn laryngeal?) [ir] is to be explained. :)))))))))))))))))))) Sergei