Re: Case/Tense question
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 10, 2000, 4:21 |
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 21:12:47 -0600 raccoon@ELKNET.NET writes:
> > I'm working on Terra Novan, a descendant of English, and I've come
> into
> > a problem with the Future. Word-final l's were lost, so I'll,
> you'll,
> > etc. merged with I, you, etc. I first thought I'd simply replace
> it
> > with "gonna", unfortunately, there's a problem with that, too. I
> became
> > /e/, while I gonna became /egEn/ --> /egE~/ --> /ege~/ --> /ege/
> --> /e/
> Well, in my idiolect of English at least, <I'll> has two syllables:
> [ai l=]
> (where l= is syllabic l). So maybe you could make is [ai@l] > [ai@]
> and work
> from there?
> Eric Christopherson
> raccoon@elknet.net
.
I just remembered....also in my dialect it's somewhat differentiated, {I}
is /aj/, but contractions such as {i'm} and {i'll} lose the /j/, being
usually pronounced as /am/ and /al/. So maybe {i'll} could lead to /a/,
distinguised from /e/ ?
-Stephen (Steg)
"...and i'll take / with me the memories / to be my sunshine / after
rain..."