----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: A phonology
> Thomas Wier wrote:
> JS Bangs wrote:
> > > since /&/ is only supposed to occur in closed syllables.
> >
> > What about "yeah"? This is /j&/ [j&:] for me.
> >
> Surely "yeah" is an exceptional form; I don't know where we ought to put
it.
> Interjections and onomatopoeia, and sometimes personal names, are allowed
> to violate phonological rules-- I guess I'd call yeah an interjection.
> Maybe yes-no words are allowed to violate too. (Austronesian *@q@ 'yes'
has
> final open schwa, that doesn't occur otherwise.)
>
> Us country boys say sheep go [b&::], but it's [bA:] for Yalies....
Our sheep go [b7?h7?h7], as far as I can hear.
>