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aw-->o?

From: "Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: aw-->o?
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 15:17:28 -0500

Muraoka and Porten in discussing the grammar of the Elephantine
papyri say that the /aw/ dipthong in words is usually spelled out
plene with a waw.

How do you tell whether an o is from an /aw/ dipthong?
Are all o's from /aw/ dipthongs?
What else are o's from?

thanks,
Liz

Lisbeth S. Fried
Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
New York University
51 Washington Sq. S.
New York, NY 10012

aw-->o?, Liz Fried, 03/03/2000
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