Re: [tied] Re: Syncope

From: enlil@...
Message: 31796
Date: 2004-04-08

Richard:
> I thought you were claiming a CV(C) syllable structure. Are you
> including CV(R)(C) in that structure? I for one would be inclined
> to call that CV(CC).

Oh dear, people are doing it again -- Confusing different layers
of IE. In _MIE_ the structure is CV(C) and, afaic, more in line
with Semitic syllabics and accentuation. However, the above quote
involved the postSyncope stage, from _eLIE_ onwards. In eLIE,
the syllable structure is (s)(C)CV(C)(C) as a result of the
event of Syncope. In IE itself, the allowable syllabics are
even less strict than eLIE.


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