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Re: Voiced Velar Fricative

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, October 26, 2000, 22:51
And Rosta wrote:
> Okay; but still an explanation is invited for why final /h/ triggers some > sort of ATR-like effect on vowels.
It's not just final /h/, it's any coda, e.g., [na'sjOn], [Ermano], [am&r], etc. So, what happened with those s's is: [l&s.ka.s&s] -> [l&h.ka.s&h] -> [l&.ka.s&] -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor