On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 16:53:57 -0400 Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?). I believe I just did (for French). In case my message did not reach you: "In examples with an inserted t (ex.: y a-t-il) the modification is reflected in writing." Other example: grand-mère (grande + mère). I gather grandemere is attested in the 16th c. Best, Satyanad Kichenassamy > 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 > > > > -- Satyanad Kichenassamy <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
