Re: NATLANGS: Difthongization across Europa
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 18, 2008, 20:25 |
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JV:
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I wonder if the pre-GVS change of &: A: > E: O: in English went
thru this stage too, seeing that they're spelled <ea oa>?
>>
The former is happening/happens in my English before nasals:
bag = [b&:g]
bad = [b&:d]
ban = [bean]
I've noticed a similar thing with the back vowels, but haven't
subjected them to experimentation the way I did with the front
vowels:
bog = [bA:g]
bod = [bA:d]
bomb = [bO@m]
For an example of the front vowels, at least, listen to any song
by Snoop Dogg where he says "damn" (comes out sounding
like "day-am"). I'm not aware of it having been reported for
English outside of southern California, but no one seems to be
looking.
-David
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