I see. I think the other somewhat plausible argument would be that intervocalicCreyeditor wrote: Wiese btw cited in the WR-thread has to assume contrastive syllabification at some point something like /raɪ̯.zn̩/ vs. /raɪ̯s.n̩/, if devoicing applies syllable finally.
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Sumelic wrote:I see. I think the other somewhat plausible argument would be that intervocalicCreyeditor wrote: Wiese btw cited in the WR-thread has to assume contrastive syllabification at some point something like /raɪ̯.zn̩/ vs. /raɪ̯s.n̩/, if devoicing applies syllable finally.is a virtual geminate, which is at least consistent with its historical origin. This doesn't require contrastive syllabification: "reisen" is /raɪsən/ (or somthing like that--ignore the vowel phonemes), syllabified as /raɪ.sən/ due to the maximal onset principle, with the /s/ voiced because it is syllable-initial, while "reißen" is /raɪssən/; since /ss/ is not a valid onset, syllabified as /raɪs.sən/; since the first /s/ falls into a syllable coda, it is regularly voiceless, and then some minor process of geminate simplification/coalescence results in the surface pronunciation being /raɪ̯sn̩/ rather than /raɪ̯szn̩/. (From what I understand, this simplification rule would have to be made optional in compound words, but that's not really unusual I think.) The distribution of contrastive environments forand [z] in German is similar to the distribution of contrastive environments for [r] and [ɾ] in Spanish.
This would be what I consider highly abstract: assuming a geminate that never surfaces. A more concrete (as in the opposite of abstract) analysis yields one phoneme more, so I guess both of them have their advantages.
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Are there any (many) languages that have a Prohibitive like (dummy word) "John hin" (John must not) and allowance is "John hin not" (John may), but no "John may" directly?
Also what is the linguistic term for the mood of allowance ("may") and a recommendment ("should")? I created the terms "Deontive" and "Opportive" in my Yélian language specification but I'd prefer common terms.
Also what is the linguistic term for the mood of allowance ("may") and a recommendment ("should")? I created the terms "Deontive" and "Opportive" in my Yélian language specification but I'd prefer common terms.
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Negative Jussive / Prohibitive in uses 'Noli(te)' w/ INF of the verb.Iyionaku wrote:Are there any (many) languages that have a Prohibitive like (dummy word) "John hin" (John must not) and allowance is "John hin not" (John may), but no "John may" directly?
If I remember rightly, uses special NEG μή + IMPTV (or OPTATIVE).
Coptic has a Prohibitive preverb ΜΠЄΡ/ΜΠѠΡ
But this is only three out of 100s of langs.
Opportive - As good as any. from opportet makes perfect sense to me.Also what is the linguistic term for the mood of allowance ("may") and a recommendment ("should")? I created the terms "Deontive" and "Opportive" in my Yélian language specification but I'd prefer common terms.
depending on circumtance,
I think the 'may' type could be a Permissive Mood.
IMHO the 'should' could be a Propositive Mood.
But there are other names as well.
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As I understand it, both "may" and "should" are types of deontic modality.
"may" is permissive.
"should" is (weak or mild) deontic, more properly so-called AIUI and IMO.
Strong deontic would be "must".
See the SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms .
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/mood-and-modality
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/deontic-modality
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/directive-modality a subcategory of deontic modality
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/permissive-mood "may" one mood among deontic modalities
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/obligative-mood "must" another mood among deontic modalities
Not sure what SIL has to say about "should". IMO it's semantically a weaker form of "must", in whatever modality (English's "should" and "must" and "may" have epistemic and alethic uses as well as deontic use.)
"may" is permissive.
"should" is (weak or mild) deontic, more properly so-called AIUI and IMO.
Strong deontic would be "must".
See the SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms .
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/mood-and-modality
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/deontic-modality
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/directive-modality a subcategory of deontic modality
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/permissive-mood "may" one mood among deontic modalities
http://www.glossary.sil.org/term/obligative-mood "must" another mood among deontic modalities
Not sure what SIL has to say about "should". IMO it's semantically a weaker form of "must", in whatever modality (English's "should" and "must" and "may" have epistemic and alethic uses as well as deontic use.)
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Is there a word for when a word has two opposite meanings (not just homonymy but also polysemy)? Examples include sanction, chuffed, egregious, and excūsō?
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My favourite one is German feierlich which can mean "solemn" ... or "festive".
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I always thought it meant both at the same time, not either or. Mor like christmas eve than saturday night fever.Imralu wrote:My favourite one is German feierlich which can mean "solemn" ... or "festive".
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Doesn't Assi have a short vowel followed by [z]? That's a weird example for a few reasons, but it's what popped into my head.Sumelic wrote:Correct -- at least, for native vocabulary.TwistedOne151 wrote:But then, how do you indicate a short vowel before voiced [z]? Or does that just not occur in German? Thanks.
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True, but this is indeed a special case. It is a word from Nazi times and shortened from 'Asozialer' which has a long vowel. Some people also write it 'Asi'. I am not sure if there are people that pronounce it that way.
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I was watching some French news and they were talking about "les funérailles d'Helmut Kohl". My question is shouldn't it be "de Helmut" considering his name would be pronounced with an H in German?
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Today I learned that Assi (degenerated person) and Assi (short for assistant) are pronounced differently: [ˈazi] vs. [ˈasi]. *mindblown*Creyeditor wrote:True, but this is indeed a special case. It is a word from Nazi times and shortened from 'Asozialer' which has a long vowel. Some people also write it 'Asi'. I am not sure if there are people that pronounce it that way.
In Swabia we don't have the /z/ phoneme, all alveolar fricatives are voiceless (funny enough that we distinguish /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ productively while Standard German doesn't, though.)
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in french, Helmut is not pronunced with aspirated h (except those pedants that try to show their knwolege in tongue...), so...All4Ɇn wrote:I was watching some French news and they were talking about "les funérailles d'Helmut Kohl". My question is shouldn't it be "de Helmut" considering his name would be pronounced with an H in German?
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I don't want to start a discussion on the first meaning of Assi, but one should just watch out, when using it.Iyionaku wrote:Today I learned that Assi (degenerated person) and Assi (short for assistant) are pronounced differently: [ˈazi] vs. [ˈasi]. *mindblown*Creyeditor wrote:True, but this is indeed a special case. It is a word from Nazi times and shortened from 'Asozialer' which has a long vowel. Some people also write it 'Asi'. I am not sure if there are people that pronounce it that way.
In Swabia we don't have the /z/ phoneme, all alveolar fricatives are voiceless (funny enough that we distinguish /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ productively while Standard German doesn't, though.)
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Is this an exception to the normal rules? I was under the impression that foreign names pronounced with /h/ took the aspirated h. Are there other German names like that?lsd wrote:in french, Helmut is not pronunced with aspirated h (except those pedants that try to show their knwolege in tongue...), so...
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What is a good sketch or quick-facts-style grammar or cheat sheet for Imperial Aramaic? Any resources on Old Aramaic as well would be appreciated.
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