>From: "David Peterson" <DigitalScream@...>
>In a message dated 10/12/01 10:12:32 PM, steven@OLYWA.NET writes:
>
><< I REALLY need to know whether there are any languages in which vowels
never
>
>reduce to schwa. >>
>
> Spanish. At least, Mexican Spanish; I won't vouch for any of the other
>myriad countries. /e/ is realized as either [e] or [E], but I think that's
>about the only vowel variation there is, other than diphthongs. Here's a
>sample:
>
>¡Entonces, mientres que yo mataba el pollo en la casa, una mujer con una
>cuchilla me mató!
I think I'd have something like:
[EntOnsEh mjEntrEskjomAtABAlpoj\ojnlAkAsA unAmuhE4 kOnunAkUcCij\A mEmAtO]
But again, no schwas.
> All the /a/'s are [A], all the /e/'s but the last are [E], all the
/u/'s
>are [u] (except for in "que", in which /qu/ is [k]), all the /o/'s are [o]
>(save maybe in front of /ll/, where it may become [O]) and all the /i/'s
are
>[i] (except in "mientres", where it's [ij]). No schwas.
(I'm still not exactly sure about the difference between [o] and [O] yet so
I'm not sure my transcription of them is accurate.)
*Muke!