Re: Origins of [i\]
| From: | Steven A. Williams <ignisglaciesque@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 22, 2009, 21:15 |
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The sound change sequence you have here definitely is plausible. Might even
be the source of my dialect's [i\] epenthesis (without the [u\] step; it
probably proceeded more like [E] --> [@] --> [i\]), but I don't know enough
about USAian historical linguistics to make anything but a guess.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>wrote:
> Can anyone cite any examples of how [i\]
> has arisen in natlangs other than by
> unroounding of [u]? In particular I
> wonder if there is any attestation of
> an [e] > [7] > [u\] path of change?
>
> The New Zealand English [I] > [I\]
> would seem to come close.
>
> /BP
>