[tied] Re: Some thoughts...

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

>
> After (most of) these changes happened:
>
> Synchronic
>
> Derivational (old) morpheme added
>
> First syl of voc marked with ` if mid
>
> Second syl takes opposite tone of first (only if
> second is last syl)
>
> (a)>0/V_N(C)#
>
> (a)>0/V_C#
>
> V+high>G/_V or (V)
>
> (a)>0/V_CC#
>
> (a)'>0'/a(G)_
>
> ' moves to previous a (leaves trace)
>
> (a)'>0'/_(G)a
>
> etc.
>
> > C+aspir>0/_#
> >
> > C>0/VC_CV (in many C-clusters)
> >
> > So, txa`>xa`

Most of this is incomprehensible. What does '(a)' mean? What
does 'G' mean? Are you perchance using Mark Rosenfelder's Sound
Change Applier ( http://www.zompist.com/sounds.htm )? If so, it may
be worth presenting a full set of rules, e.g. in the files area. I
have a web page ( e.g.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.wordingham/sounds/prep5d_rom.htm
) that can be used to apply them if you don't trust other peoples
executables or have more than 200 rules. It's very good for showing
how much one has *not* worked out! It's hard going with non-
segmental features, though.

Richard.