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Re: THEORY: Semivowels

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Thursday, September 9, 1999, 4:34
Eric Christopherson wrote:

> > Well, technically I suppose they could, because nasality is merely > > the opening up of the nasal cavity an an additional cavity for > > the resonating of the sound. But I've never heard or read about > > any language that does this. They can, and often do, have > > voiceless equivalents, however. My dialect of English has four > > glides: /w/, /w_0/, /j/, and /j_0/, as does the Atkan Aleut I'm > > studying right now in class. > > Interesting... what English words do you pronounce with [j_0]? I've never > heard of it.
For me, /j_0/ appears only where a previous /h/ + /u/ existed prior to the Great Vowel shift. So, "human", "humus", etc. It's certainly not an /h/, unless you're really stressing it. ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. - Thomas Jefferson ========================================================