Re: [tied] The "Mother" Problem

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:41:57 +0000, elmeras2000
<jer@...> wrote:

>There is however a rule-ordering problem with the lengthened-grade
>formations (as with reduplicated forms). I would assume now that the
>two properties of the accent, viz. its stress part and its tonal
>part, acted independently during the intermediate period when the
>accent moved. That gives room for several possibilities, so that it
>seems otiose to specify the chronology in too minute details.

Could you expand on the rule-ordering problem? What does
the tone have to do with it?


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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