From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61258
Date: 2008-11-02
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
>
> I don't much care what you can check: you're the one who
> tends to be sloppy about accurately representing sources,
> not I. But since one of the references happens to be ready
> to hand, I'll throw you a bone: Martin Harris, 'French', in
> Martin Harris & Nigel Vincent, eds., _The Romance
> Languages_.
>
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P211 "complex vocalic nuclei".
A.
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> [...]
>
>>> Pope's §241 in full shows that an analysis of French that
>>> distinguishes /u/ and /w/ has been possible at least since
>>> the 16th century.
>
>> You have a very strange way of drawing this paragraph §241
>> in the direction that suites your unproved and inadequate
>> approach.
>
>> She speaks of "countertonic vowel" : this is what you
>> translate as /w/ !!
>
> No, I don't. Either you're having trouble with the English,
> or you're being disingenuous.
> Brian
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§241 contains :
vowel : four times
consonant : 0
glide : 0
w : 0
Arnaud