Re: [tied] Re: Old Czech hp án vs. Modern Czech pan, pán

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 33243
Date: 2004-06-16

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Old Czech hp �n vs. Modern Czech pan, p�n


> But otherwise your point is
> valid: compositional reduction is possible in original phrases as well,
see
> English gospel < go:d spel ...

Oops, wrong example. Go:d-spel (not e.g. *��t go:de spel) was a true
compound in OE (gen. go:d-spelles etc., with the first element never
inflected). Sorry.

Piotr