welsh vowel alternations (fwd)

[Andrew Carnie]

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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:14:46 +0000
From: Antony Green <green at kronos.ling.uni-potsdam.de>
To: CELTLING <celtling at mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject: welsh vowel alternations

Hello everyone,

can anyone point me to literature on the Welsh vowel alternation
between the high (back in Northern dialects) unrounded vowel and
schwa that occurs when the vowel is spelled <y> but not when it's
spelled <u>?

I mean this sort of thing:

llys with [I] : llysoedd with [@] versus
llus with [I] : llusen with [I]

(where [I] stands for barred-I in Northern dialects and normal
[i] in Southern dialects).

The only reference I have already is:

Thomas, A. R. (1984). "A lowering rule for vowels and its ramifications,
in a dialect of North Welsh". In M. J. Ball & G. E. Jones (eds.), _Welsh
Phonology_. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.  105-124.

Many thanks for any other references!

-- Antony

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