Re: [G] and [g] and PIE voiced plosives

From: tgpedersen
Message: 63430
Date: 2009-02-25

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "bmscotttg" <BMScott@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "G&P" <G.and.P@> wrote:
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> >>>I was wondering if the different outcomes of Engl. -ough was
> >>>caused by them being different from the beginning, thus
> >>>-ough /-oUx/ > /-of/ and
> >>>-ough /-ouG/ > /-oU/
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> >> Surely one of the factors is different dialect outcomes?
>
> > Why surely?
> > Whatever the reason, it must be the same as the one which caused
> > /wiþ/ vs. /wið/.
>
> Hardly: [wIT] and [wID] are in free variation.
>
> Brian

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