Raising of unstressed vowels in Eng from schwa to /I/

[roger wright]

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The [-is] written "-ace" in Terrace, "-ice" in "malice" and "-is" in
"Doris" can't really be called a suffix, though, not being a separate
morpheme .....




> John's example of "palice" = "Alice" is another good candidate, because
> -ice (pronounced with non-schwa) is a legitimate suffix, and so is -ace.
> Although I can't think of a great number of examples right now
>         -ace    Horace terrace menace solace
>         -ice    lattice malice crevice avarice
>
> For example, one might expect there to be pressure on "Eustace", because
> of Doris, Phyllis, Eunice, Norris, Morris, Willis, Harris, Davies.