Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Henry Churchyard <churchyh AT ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>]

> Subject: 8 phonemic tiberian vowels ;-)
> From: Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:36:24 -0400 (EDT)

> "The Eight-fold Vowel System of Tiberian Hebrew: Evidence from
> Segholate Nouns" Vincent DeCaen (U of Toronto), William Idsardi (U
> of Delaware) ms draft 1999 [...] we consider what the underlying
> representation of the Tiberian hebrew vowel system was.

I know you were advocating an "Ashkenazi" analysis of the Tiberian
system before; so what's the eighth?

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