Thank you all for these great replies. Howard Resnick gives an example of a spelling change for internal sandhi. Can someone give me an example of a spelling change for word junction (external) sandhi in a non-Indian language (if such a thing exists?). Harry Spier
On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 4:01 PM Howard Resnick <[email protected]> wrote: > English sandhi, n -> m before a labial consonant: > > Examples: in-justice but im-possible; in-scrutable, but im-mature. > > etc. > > Good luck, > Howard > > > On Aug 4, 2022, at 12:51 PM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear list members, > > I need to give a brief introductory talk to english speakers, not > linguistic or sanskrit students, but english speakers who chant sanskrit > mantras and shlokas. > > I thought I'd briefly talk about and give examples of: > > 1) How sanskrit is very independent of word order. > > 2) How sanskrit uses case endings > > 3) How sandhi is widespread in sanskrit andi is also part of the > spelling in sanskrit . > > > > I'd like to give examples of sandhi in english to to make the concept of > sandhi more clear. The examples I know of are: > > 1) final "s" > > "books" pronounced as "books" but "bags" pronounced as "bagz". > > 2) final "d" > > "glazed" pronounced as "glaizd" but "placed" pronounced as "plaist" > > > > It would be helpful if someone could give me other examples of sandhi in > english. Not final "s" or final "d" > > > > Also is it true that most (all?) languages have sandhi ? > > > > Is sandhi expressed in the spelling (and not just the pronounciation) of > any non-Indian languages? > > > > Thanks, > > Harry Spier > > > > Thanks, > > Harry Spier > > > > _______________________________________________ > > INDOLOGY mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > >
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