LL-L "Phonology" 2004.10.27 (01) [E]

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From: ellen simon <elleninbritain at yahoo.com>
Subject: phonology

Dear all,

I'm a PhD student at Ghent University working on the acquisition of the
English laryngeal system by native speakers of Dutch in Flanders. My
question is the following:
In West-Flemish there is a process of regressive voice assimilation in
fricative + sonorant consonant (=nasals, liquids and glides) clusters across
word-boundaries. An example:  "'t is waar" (it's true) is realized as "'t
i[z] waar". This type of regressive voice assimilation seems to be
relatively rare. In order to understand this process better, I'm looking for
other language varieties in which this type of voice assimilation occurs.
>From the literature I know it occurs in Catalan, some regional varieties of
Polish and (more relevant for this list) Frisian. I assume it must also
occur in some German dialects, but so far I haven't found any evidence. Can
anyone help?

Cheers for any feedback,
Ellen Simon

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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Ellen!

Welcome to Lowlands-L, and thanks for joining the vocal minority so soon!

Regards,
Reinhard "Ron" F. Hahn
Founder & Administrator, Lowlands-L
lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net
http://www.lowlands-l.net

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