From: Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: BH, pause & nesiga & stats
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:32:54 -0400 (EDT)
dear henry and other masoretes,
if you remember a little back you gave stats on nesiga distribution by
accent, showing that the numbers didn't line up with pausal numbers.
correct.
but now, here's something interesting: i don't know what it means yet.
lesser pausal environments can be found, not sure how to define them
yet, but i can give you examples: e.g., the pausal environment before
ka'asher.
lesser environments
by accent henry's reported numbers for nesiga
d0 33.3% 32.5%
d1 41.7% 41.4%
d2+ 25% 26.4%
etc
again, don't know what to make of yet, except that nesiga **is**
pausal, once we understand pause better. ;-)
V
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