Dear Harry, Another example that comes immediately to mind is the indefinite article: "a" before words beginning with a consonant, "an" before words beginning with a vowel. Here the sandhi is not just a matter of pronunciation but of orthography.
Best wishes, Michael Michael S. Allen Assistant Professor Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia ________________________________ From: INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2022 4:53 PM To: Howard Resnick <[email protected]> Cc: Indology List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Sandhi examples in the english language 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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