Re: Moraic codas [was Re: 'Yemls Morphology]

Roger:
> Matt Pearson wrote:
> >A couple years ago when I taught phonotactics in my intro linguistics class,
> >I brought up "yeah" as an exception to the otherwise solid generalization
> >that English words don't end in non-low lax vowels (other than [O] and
> >schwa).  To my suprirse, a number of the students objected, claiming that
> >they hear a schwa at the end of that word--[j&@].
>
> Plus, exclamations and onomatopoeic words may contain sounds that violate
> phonotactics, or may not even be used in "normal" language.  Of course
> another æ: baa, as in sheep/goats. I've heard final [x] in "yuck", "blech".
> I'm still stuck with midwestern/Germanic/Scandinavian [ja:] "yah"--
Is that the one they use in the film _Fargo_ all the time?

> how our
> schoolmarms hated that!  For me,[jæ] is mainly derisory (oh yeah, right!),
> or sing-along with the Beatles (cats run and hide).
>