Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:22 pm
Close vowels.Travis B. wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2026 2:23 pmI assume that means either a close vowel or a high-tone vowel, but I'm not sure which.bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2026 4:33 amHow do I read [+syll +hi]?Man in Space wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2026 8:54 pm I’m reading through Thorpe’s 1983 monograph on Ryūkyūan historical linguistics, and I came across something I wanted to share right away because it was novel and useful, or so I thought:
C > Cʰ / { #, [+syll +hi] } _ [+syll +hi]
This was a productive rule he reconstructs for the progenitor of the Amami-Okinawa branch of the family.