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Re: Further language development Q's

From:Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>
Date:Thursday, September 16, 2004, 12:34
 --- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> a écrit :
> Quoting Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>: > > > It's fairly simple. German, for example, had (up > to > > the sixteenth century), [r]. It's still pronounced > > that way in some dialects, I believe, and it's > also > > common in some 'old-fashioned' speech, like > operas, > > where [r] is seen as more 'melodic'. After about > the > > sixteenth century, the German [r] shifted to [R], > > either because [R] is easier to articulate than > [r] > > (it is, at least for me), or from influence from > > French (this sounds doubtful to me). > > FWIW, the French influence is the explanation I've > always heard. It's also been > made responsible for the use of uvular r's in Dutch > and in southern > Scandinavian dialects.
Hmmph, so I'm wrong. Not the first time :).
> For me, [r] comes easier than [R]. Neither occurs in > my native 'lect.
Interesting; you're Swedish-born, right? Which rhotic does your native dialect have? [4]? I'm afraid my knowledge of Swedish is pathetically nil. Vous manquez d’espace pour stocker vos mails ? Yahoo! Mail vous offre GRATUITEMENT 100 Mo ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ Le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger est arrivé ! Découvrez toutes les nouveautés pour dialoguer instantanément avec vos amis. A télécharger gratuitement sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com

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