Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute
| From: | bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 5, 2002, 12:00 |
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--- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote: >
Quoting bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>:
>
> > --- "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I dunno. My impression is that people mark
> > > [+foreign] in the context with which they are
> most
> > > familiar. Last time we had this discussion, I
> > > mentioned the woman in Britain who invited
> > > my professor to a restaurant that served
> > > [f@dZaIt@z],
> >
> > me : [f@xi:t3U]
>
> Right. I am well aware that there are many people
> in
> Britain who know how the word is pronounced in
> Spanish.
> It was only an example of the phenomenon under
> discussion,
> and was not intended as a stereotype. (This woman
> also,
> FWIW, pronounced <Tejano> as [t@'dZ&n3u].)
>
what _is_ very common is [tr\EIt] for [tr\EI] in the
word 'trait'
as for 'garage' both ['g&r\A:Z] ( note stress ) and
['g&r\IdZ] occur in yUK. i use the former, but it's
not that common
bn
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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre
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