From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 54570
Date: 2008-03-03
>Miguel, better to read here I think:
> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:43:56 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
> <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
>
> >--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
> ><S.Tarasovas@> wrote:
> >
> >> 1. acute
> >
> > Lettish counterparts has no acute accent.
>
> Yes it has (-ît). And so has Slavic (-i"ti).
>
> The acute is reflected in Latvian as 'Brechton' (^) when
> originally unstressed, and as 'Dehnton' (~) when originally
> stressed. The non-acute (circumflex) is reflected as
> 'Fallton' (`). Stressed (i.e. initial) short syllables are
> left unmarked.
>
> Note that in Lithuanian the acute (') is (now) a falling
> tone, while the circumflex (~) is a rising tone. Stressed
> short vowels are marked (`).
>
> The conventions for Common Slavic are: " (acute), ^ (long
> [neo-]circumflex), `` (short circumflex/falling), ' (long
> neo-acute), ` (short neo-acute). The diacritic ~ is used to
> mark the "old" neo-acute in modern dialects where it has
> survived, as opposed to more recent acutes [resulting from
> stress retractions] marked ' (long) and ` (short).
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> miguelc@...
>