Re: Rhyming Conlangs
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 15, 2001, 0:54 |
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>From: David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>
>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:26:45 EDT
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>In a message dated 10/14/01 5:42:39 AM, irina@VALDYAS.ORG writes:
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><< (I'd probably hear 'alien nation' as 'alienation' in
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>the first case) >>
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> HEY!!! That's a minimal pair with alveolar nasal stop and alveolar
>nasal
>tap! Let's see if I can transcribe:
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>"alien nation": ['e5ijIneSIn]
>"alienation": ['e5lijIn_ReSIn]
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> (I'm using [n_R] for a nasal tap--what's the symbol?)
>
>-David
Hmm. There's more differences than what you've noted, at least for me.
alien nation: [ejlijInneS@n] with long or gemminate n
alienation: [ejlij@neS@n]
How do others pronounce this pair?
Adam
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