Re: Preaspiration in Algonquian and Nordic

From: Mikael Thompson (mithomps_at_indiana.edu)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:01:49 -0500

Joseph W. Murphy wrote:

> I'm going to have to do a little digging to familiarize myself with some of
> your vocabulary here. VOTS and lenis/fortis stops are new terms for me.

VOT=Voice Onset Time. It's the length of time between the release of a
stop and the beginning of voicing of the following vowel. Lenis and
fortis are often used to indicate a mixture of aspiration and
voicelessness (fortis) and some degree of voicing (lenis); for Middle
Mongolian I'm following Poppe since the reflexes vary across dialects.

> But, FWIW (and because you were kind enough to help me and I figure I owe
> you something in return), I ran across several articles about preaspiration
> in Old Mongolian when I was initially websearching the term "preaspiration".
> Here is an Adobe Acrobat article that you might be interested in:

Ah yes, the divine Svantesson. It's not a paper of his I have. I'm
glad to see he and I think alike yet again and used the same data into
the bargain.

> P.S. Hope to see more of you here.

Doubtful any time soon, at least frequently or regularly.

> We miss you!

Nah, I doubt anyone even noticed.

Mikael Thompson

Relevant Pages

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