Re: Questions about Schwa and Stress

John Cowan wrote:


>Tristan Alexander McLeay scripsit:
>
>> Does this 'yo' of Spanish relate in any way to the 'yo' of English? Or is
>> it just a co-incidence?
>
>Spanish 'yo' < Latin 'ego' = 'I'.
>
>English 'yo' < AAVE 'hya' < English 'here'.
Aha. Seems quite likely.  In my relatively sheltered childhood/young
adulthood, I never heard (Engl.) "yo" until I got into the Army in the
mid-50s.  "Yo!" was the preferred answer at roll-call or any time someone
called out your name.  Blacks and whites alike.

In Kash, _yo_ is a somewhat brusque attention-getting interjection, roughly
'hey' or 'hey, you!'.  Now there's a coincidence for you....