Re: Idiolect Sound Change, or Broader Usage? n# > m#

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, 20:45 CEST, Tom H. Chappell wrote

 > If an unaccented final syllable ended with a nuclear "n",
 > it was often changed to "ng".  This was particularly so if
 > it had been preceded by a stop/plosive. I don't know
 > whether or not it mattered if the stop/plosive in question
 > was voiced or mute; or at what point it was articulated.

You mean something like (sorry for German examples)

  WORD      PHONEMIC     IDEOLECT       TRANSLATION
  -------------------------------------------------
  reden   - /'re:.d@n/   ['re:.dn=]   - to talk
  bleiben - /'blAI).b@n/ ['blAI).bm=] - to stay
  gegen   - /'ge:.g@n/   ['ge:.gN=]   - against

This happens quite naturally in most German dialects as it
seems, not only in my ideolect. At least I have seldom heard
somebody pronouncing those words like in the 'phonemic'
column in normal speech. It has obviously something to do
with assimilation and that homorganic stuff.

Yours,
['kA:s.tn= 'bE.k6]

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