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Re: Questions about Schwa and Stress

From:Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Monday, October 15, 2001, 10:38
At 06.10 a.m. 15.10.2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Since "yo" is mainly used in Spanish for emphasis, it is not uncommon for >it to get a more "advanced" pronunciation such as [Z], even if other y/ll >is [j] or fricative [j\].
Does this 'yo' of Spanish relate in any way to the 'yo' of English? Or is it just a co-incidence? Tristan

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