Re: Gmc. w-/g-, j-/g-

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 68124
Date: 2011-10-22

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:
> In fact it's not clear to me that truly optional sound
> changes, as distinct from incomplete sound changes, dialect
> mixtures, analogical changes, synchronic variation, etc.,
> actually exist.

What's the difference between an optional sound change and an incomplete sound change?

Richard.