ABSTRACT

The basic phonological unit in ST was the syllable. The following syllable canon is posited, where C = consonant, V = vowel, M = medial semivowel, and T = tone:                                                                                                                   T ( ? ) C     ( C )     ( M 1 )     ( M 2 )     ( M 3 )   V     ( V )     C     ( C ) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781003077367/ce62276e-4896-42b6-9150-91fe6f29aa21/content/equ_chapter2_13_1.tif"/>