Re: USAGE: Fänyläjikyl Inglyx
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 9, 1999, 23:35 |
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And Rosta wrote:
> Conceivably -- I have not verified this -- I have a four-way phonetic
> length distinction in these cases:
> [pIs] 'piss', [fI:s] 'fizz', [fI::s] 'fierce', [fI:::s] 'fears'
> but whatever the phonetics, the phonology is straightforward.
Are you sure you don't have a schwa-offglide there? I
don't think I've heard of a nonrhotic dialect that has
a phonetic merger of the original /r/ into simple lengthening.
Do you really pronounce word final <z> as [s]? That's
most interesting... final devoicing...
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