Re: (Brazilian Portuguese and Rhodrese (was French)
| From: | Edgard Bikelis <bikelis@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 19:50 |
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Edgard Bikelis wrote:
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> /l/
>>
>> 1. Once it was [l] everywhere.
>> 2. Then those before vowel, in auslaut, came to be [w] in pausa or before
>> consonant, but preserved followed by a word starting in vowel:
>>
>
> I'm confused by what you mean by "those before vowel". Is it [w] before a
> vowel within the same word, but [l] before a vowel in the next word (in
> speakers over 70)?
Exactly that!
> and 'alma' [awma], but 'leal amigo' [lealamigu]. I still hear it from
>> people
>> with 70 or more, but now it's just [leawamigu].
>>
> 'leal' [leaw]
>
Edgard.
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