Euphony Of Vowels
Carlton Winbery
winberyc at speedgate.net
Sat Dec 25 10:25:30 EST 1999
Nicholas Wynder
>I am just starting to learn Greek so please be patient in the coming weeks
>regarding my elementary level questions. Does the process of contraction
>happen only for euphonic purposes? Does that change only happen when one
>speaks the language or when it is initially being written? or both?
>
>
While working on the chapter on phonetic change in Broks & Winbery,
Morphology, I became convinced that phonetic change in any language
involves a combination of euphony and a kind of economy of syllables. Some
changes do not really "sound better" but prevent a word from having more
syllables. Most phonetic changes take place in the process of inflecting
words, i.e., adding prefixes and suffixes and modifying stems.
Dr. Carlton L. Winbery
Foggleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
winbery at speedgate.net
winbery at andria.lacollege.edu
Ph. 1 318 448 6103 hm
Ph. 1 318 487 7241 off
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