Re: Velarization (was: English: Thou)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 27, 2000, 2:01 |
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At 01:25 27.6.2000 +0000, Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
>Quick question: How does velarization work? What does it sound like? It's
>one of a few phonetic traits that I don't understand.
Quick answer: to co-articulate anything with the sound of the fricative
Icelandic "g" in _dagur_. In the particular case under discussion it
refers to the exaggeration of the already velarized post-vocalic /l/ of
English to the point where it becomes an [o]-like vowel. Something similar
seems to be found in the tendency for Old Norse "al" to show up as "/al"
[awl] , as in _/alfur_ < _alfr_, or _/ul_ < _ul_ in _/ulfur_ <
_ulfr_. Methinks it applies to _o_ and _/o_ too, but can't recall an
example at this sleepless hour!
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melroch@mail.com
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