1937 emper-or

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:05 PM -0400 3/20/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>At 3/20/2009 10:37 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>P.S.  I don't mean to suggest that the destressing-cum-schwa reduced
>>pronunciation *necessarily* involves reanalysis--we get "Hector" and
>>"Nestor" with reduction even in the absence of "hectee" or "nestee".
>
>I am going to adopt "hectee" to refer to the victims.
>
>Joel

Right--I have a particularly recalcitrant advisee, who runs the risk
of becoming a hectee-mentee.

LH

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