From 3f5be3ba89ea4208ecd1391a74c2a7efb8daa163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bauer <75776786+yax-lakam-tuun@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:44:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [#29] Working on reconstruction of sounds

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@@ -632,6 +632,18 @@ \section{Transcribing of Maya texts}
     \item Reconstructed sounds based on historical, internal, or paleographic evidence are 
           represented in [square brackets]
 \end{itemize}
+
+\subsection{Reconstruction of sounds}
+Reconstructed sounds are based on historical, internal, or paleographic evidence.
+Reconstructions by applying rules of (complex) orthography are not taken into account.
+That implies that proposals like the disharmony hypothesis proposed by 
+Houston et al. (\cites{lacadena2004}{houstonstuartrobertson1998}) do not contribute to the
+phonetic reconstruction process.
+The main reason is, that those hypotheses can not guarantee a certain reading and phonetic
+assignment, and as such are challenged by Mayanists (\cite[7]{boot2009}).
+For instance, complex vowels sometimes derived from disharmonic spellings in the script are
+accepted if and only if those vowels can be reconstructed by means of other linguistic methods.
+
 \subsection{Syncope}
 % LTeX: enabled=false
 Syncope means that a segment in a word is omitted in the written script.