summary c insertion weeks ago posted query whether anyone knew examples consonant insertion separate impermissible vowel clusters choice consonant conditioned surrounding vowels thanks responded names email addresses appear edited remarks would welcome comments anything brought summary reason query query prompted work czech verb system certain forms certain paradigms glide j appears present forms since email wont support czech diacritics spell czech forms phonetically apostrophe consonant indicates palatalization typical verbs verb elat ela elaji elaji c active participle plural old church slavonic russian j appears persons present tense related paradigms e g russian elajet 3rd per sing creates vjv sequence historically contracted long vowel czech e g ela current phonological accounts west slavic languages rubach 1993 j considered present underlyingly needs deleted almost forms verbs representation seemed abstract considered czech phonotactic restrictions see charts palkova 1994 autosegmental viewpoint occurred j survive may simply inserted break impermissible v clusters prevent formation overlong syllable nuclei sticking point j often appears nonhigh vs vs shares obvious features found responses searching done since epenthesis consonants nonhomorganic vowels uncommon one might assume far norm seems cs inserted morpheme boundaries glides even nonhigh vs unless relic consonant retained sometimes analogically extended given environment cases found inserted c relic c coronal data would greatly welcome responses albert ortmann ortmann sapir ling uniduesseldorf de mentioned several examples english intrusive r french tepenthesis interrogative forms dutch insertion j v nonhigh vs morpheme internally e g theater te j r zovals zo v als like swiss german insertion n certain hosts clitics e g groesser wien taller ep subj vowel clusters spscob main queenmargaret college ac uk spscob main queenmargaret college ac uk x spscob main queenmargaret college ac uk dr james scobbie people might think r sandhi english type looking really r consonantal glide counterpart nonhigh vowels like finding j near w near u note however avoid inserting r certain socially stigmatised environments many speakers insert glottal stop law order instead law r order subj c insertion seegmiller apollo montclair edu steve seegmiller karachay turkic language clear case consonant appearing certain circumstances involving would otherwise v v sequences plural suffix le la depending vowel harmony horse plural atla however plural suffix followed another suffix beginning vowel r appears atlari horses 1sg possessive suffix im um u r clearly historical since karachay forms r similar ordinary turkish form turkish forms corresponding karachay ones given atlar atlari thing nt know whether motivation postulating r underlying form plural suffix reasons say yes say sure gladney vmd cso uiuc edu nt references three e examples noticed freebie sukie diminutive sue l lakers best wishes frank gladney karlrein aol com subj intrusive glides nt know looking portuguese w come open final initial vowels dialects continental insular na agua n schwa agwa nasal vowels sides nasal many varieties ano nu w midcentral nu sorry lack symbols karl reinhardt dept modern classical languages university houston ferry cimrs1 mnhn fr jpkirchner aol com glide insertion eskimo language see jorgen rischel topics west greenlandic phonology akademisk forlag copenhagen 1974 insertion nasal velar nasal uvular prevent fusion two long vowels best regards philippe mennecier muse e de l homme paris subj consonant insertion picard vax2 concordia ca marc picard think probably find find cases consonant insertionare result analogy french example chanteil singing actually chante til epenthetic introduced first conjugation verbs influence final 3 sg final conjugations e g finitil faitil recoitil etc also final consonant deletion words like abri helter debit came identical ending however many forms alternated morphologically complex words ending original vowelfinal words acquired consonant composition example abriter came replace abrier still used canadian french sense cover also find cases like clou nail derived forms either without e g clouer nail vs cloute clouterie cloutier although efault consonant also find cases like joli jolie pretty yielding enjoliver embellish also find family names like joliet jolivet sure find stuff mildred pope latin modern french marc picard one edited mr alvarez examples containing characters survive transmission also included extensive spanish outline guajiro language people make available request jk subj c insertion guajiro x jalvar conicit jose r alvarez guajiro arawakan language spoken colombia venezuela six vowels show contrast short long long vowels written double vowels practical orthography diphthongs written two vowels behave alike process consonant insertion described shortly whenever situation arises due morphological concatenation theme complex monomorphemic ending long vowel suffix beginning long vowel epenthetic h written j w written w inserted break impermissible vowel cluster choice either h w simply matter dialect differences h preferred arribero speakers w preferred abajero speakers insertion h w break vowel clusters applies conditioning surrounding vowels general productive process atpanaa ee chi atpanaajeechi atpanaaweechi rabbit ke kii eeshi kekiijeeshi kekiiweeshi wants good head ko ojoo ee shi ako ojeeshi ako oweeshi wants wanted embrace contrary examples may lead one suspect epenthesis conditioned presence long ee second half cluster simply accident guajiro morphology common suffixes long vowel ee future ee desiderative eema apparentative etc however w used epenthesis certain cases last case particularly important infinitive formation guajiro infinitive may end one six long vowels aa ee ii oo uu uu last vowel uu umlaut jk sequence waa duality infinitive formation directly related phonological structure stem infinitive constructed final syllable stem light ends short vowel final vowel lengthened final syllable stem heavy ends long vowel diphthong aa suffixed epenthetic w added infinitives ashakataa shakata aa 0 get ttinf get cheecheewaa cheecheeaa soft inf soft illustrate contrast thanks responded welcome examples anyone knows james kirchner jpkirchner aol com