[INDOLOGY] Sandhi examples in the english language

[Satyanad Kichenassamy]

On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 16:53:57 -0400
Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> 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 <hr at ivs.edu> 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 <
> > indology at list.indology.info> 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
> > >
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Satyanad Kichenassamy <satyanad.kichenassamy at univ-reims.fr>