Re: [tied] Romanian Verb Endings and Substratum influence (repost)

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:32:12 +0000, alexandru_mg3
<alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

>Joao Lopez wrote:
>> >stressed vowel becomes -js (mas > /májs/, voz > /vójs/,
>> >Jesús > /z^esújs/, tres > /tréjs/, vocês > /voséjs/).
>>
>> In Rio de Janeiro we go further, palatalizing this final -s:
>> májs^, z^esújs^, tréjs^.
>
>The Demonstration of Joao S, Lopez is a solid one regarding Brazilian.
>He really gave the rule...

No, he added the observation that in carioca, as is well
known, all final /s/'s become /s^/. And it's Lopes in
Portuguese.


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