Re: [tied] FW: Re: Latin viridian

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 18357
Date: 2003-02-01

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:10:19 +0000, "Wordingham, Richard"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

>It took quite a while to sort out the ordering of the rules, and I'm still
>not happy that I get $epte, not $apte, from septem 'seven'.

The s->$/_!iV rule comes before the iea > ia and ea > e..e# rules, and
you need a special rule (also before ea > e..e#) that e after palatal
sound is not pronounced (ceapã = /c^ap&/, sãgeatã = /s&dZat&/, $eapte
= /$apte/). So sEpte > siepte > sieapte > $eapte > $apte.

Simplified for $:

s/$/_!iV
i//$!_V
e//$!_V
ea/e/!(i)_(CCCC).e#
iea/ia/!_
ea/a/P!_

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...