Canadian raising

[Herbert Stahlke]

However, such a phonemic split does occur.  I've written about my pre-NCVS
SE Michigan dialect before, but I regularly have lexical difference between
lowered and raised diphthongs in open syllables and before /-nd/, as well as
in a few other environments.  The raised vowels are the same as the varients
I have before voiceless consonants.

Lowered                     Raised
  high                             Hi
  higher                          hire
  hide (n)                        hide (v)
  eye                              I
  kind (adj.)                    kind (n)
  round (adj.)                  round (adj.)
  found (establish)           found (discovered)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Beverly Flanigan" <flanigan at OHIOU.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Canadian raising


> At 06:32 PM 8/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 8/12/02 10:07:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> >flanigan at OHIOU.EDU writes:
> >
> >
> > > We have "Canadian" raising all through Minnesota, with the /au/ as in
> > > "about"--> 'aboot' stronger the farther north you go but the /ay/ as
in
> > > "right/night" rhyming with "kite" common throughout the state (and in
me).
> >
> >Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but are you suggesting that  Canadian
> >Raisers have a phonemic split between 'right' and 'kite'? I thought both
> >of these word classes were subject to raising and that the relevant
> >conditioning was voicing so that prevoiced /ay/  (e.g., ride) was not
raised.
>
> No, I didn't mean to suggest a phonemic split--sorry if that came
> across.  Voicing is indeed the key for us raisers: right/night/kite are
all
> raised (or centralized to wedge + glide), while ride/side/abide are not.
>