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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Schuetzm (talk | contribs) at 18:54, 9 May 2005 (st-, sp- etc.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

(copied from Everything2 and posted here by the original author, Ryan Gabbard (elwethingol of Everything2))

What about semivowels? Where do they fall on the scale? neatnate 09:55, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Semivowels are basically just short vowels (more precisely, non-syllabic vowels). High semivowels = high vowels, low semivowels = low vowels. Peace. - ishwar (SPEAK) 06:11, 2005 Mar 14 (UTC)

In english as well as other germanic languages there are a lot of words beginning with sp, st etc., which obviously violate the sonority hierarchy. Are there any "explanations" for this, or at least some attempts to make it fit into the theory? --Schuetzm 18:54, 9 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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