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Contrail
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Position switching using categories?
« Thread started on: May 5th, 2007, 09:07am » |
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Hi, I've just recently started using VSCA and so far it's working well for me, but I've run into a small snag trying to do position switching (such as changing rk to kr) for categories of sounds.
What I tried doing that didn't work was the following:
# Voiceless Stops
VLS = ptk
# Voiced Stops
VS = bdg
# Stops
S = <VLS><VS>
# Swap LS for SL
[SL]/[LS]/_
What I ended up getting from that was things like lb changing to kl, not bl like I intended. Splitting each stop into it's own rule such as [bL]/[Lb]/_ works, but I'd like to know if there's a way to do it without so many seperate rules.
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Re: Position switching using categories?
« Reply #1 on: May 15th, 2007, 06:36am » |
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Sorry for being a bit late noticing your question.
But the answer is really simple.
You see,
VLS = ptk
VS = bdg
S = <VLS><VS>
[SL]/[LS]/_
This creates three variabeles, namely <VLS>, <VS>, and <S>. But in the rule you also try to use the variable <L>, which has never been defined. So you probably want to put an
L=lr
line before the rule, too.
Hope this helps
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