Re: USAGE: syllables
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Saturday, June 14, 2003, 5:54 |
|---|
Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:
> Joseph Fatula wrote:
> > I was under the impression that it was standard in English that /dw/ and
> > /tw/ affricated to /dZw/ and /tSw/. Is this not the case?
>
> I don't think I've ever heard that. /dZr/ and /tSr/ for /dr/ and /tr/,
> sure, but not with /w/.
I actually have a phonetic minimal pair concerning the latter
phenomenon: for me, <train> is [tS,rei(n] /tre:n/, but
[t,rei(n] for <terrain>.
(Greetings all. Finally done with all that work on opacity in
Meskwaki palatalization and the Georgian superessive, and am
now for the summer going to be able to discuss _real_ languages
(!!))
=========================================================================
Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally,
Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right
University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of
1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter.
Chicago, IL 60637
Reply