From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58495
Date: 2008-05-14
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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
> It may not make sense, but it can happen: OE <ha:ligdo:m>
> became ME <halido:m> as part of a regular set of changes in
> trisyllabic words. In fact, non-northern varieties of ME
> eliminated /a:/ altogether, partly by shortening and partly
> by a change /a:/ > /O:/, but it still had length contrasts.
>
> Brian
>
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What is this word halido:m ?
The change /a:/ > /O:/ is not at all the same as /a:/ > /a/
What you are describing is not a general change /a:/ > /a/.
Arnaud
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