From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56105
Date: 2008-03-28
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From: jouppe
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> the issue is more that Jouppe should explain how
> kud, kwa, kë, kwala
> derive from *kud reconstructoid.
>
> Arnaud
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*kota + apocope, spirantisation of plosive, spirant d becoming l (or
v>w in labial environment), all very common stuff, moving towards
shorter forms and more sonority, as usually in languages, also in
particular in French language history.
The opposite: spirant d > t and monosyllabics CVC becoming disyllabic
CVCV are on the contrary abnormal.
I made the second point a couple of times already (see below). The
first should be obvious on this forum. I will not go into
trivialities once more.
Jouppe
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We're not discussing general truths.
and French even less.
The questions are :
Why did Permic lose the final consonant
when it did not in some other words
of the same language ?
Why should -d- become -l-
when it did not in some other words
of the same language ?
Why should u become wa
when it did not in some other words
of the same language ?
This is where the issue is.
You little shameless cheater !
Arnaud
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