Low Back /a/ to Low Central /a/

MAVINSON5 at AOL.COM MAVINSON5 at AOL.COM
Fri May 26 20:26:42 UTC 2000


Does anyone know why Algeo made the change of low back /a/ to central back
/a/ in the latest edition of the Origins text?  It seems that in Southern
English /a/ as in mama/papa [mam/pap] is more low/back as in "aw"--the one
Algeo used to call rounded (another term deleted as is spread))--than
low/central as in mahmuh?

Mark



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