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

In a message dated 7/13/01 7:20:59 PM, morg0072@FLINDERS.EDU.AU writes:

<< Pronouncing "yeah" with an [&] is new to me.


[je@] and [je:] are both common.


[jE@] and [jE:] also believable. Reference points on the [e]->[E]->[&]->[a]

continuum can be hard to pin down, and I don't think my dialect has [E] so

I have difficulty distinguishing it. >>

    I've never heard it as anything but [j&:].  Same with "nah", [n&:].
Though, it's true, some people do put a schwa on the end, or even I do when
I'm tired.

-David