7.62, Misc: Unusual Sound Changes t > h, Disc: Word Stress

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Subject: 7.62, Misc: Unusual Sound Changes t > h, Disc: Word Stress
 
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Date:  Mon, 08 Jan 1996 13:49:04 MST
From:  koontz at boulder.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject:  Unusual Sound Changes t > h
 
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Date:  Fri, 12 Jan 1996 12:03:50 GMT
From:  T.Bloor at aston.ac.uk (Thomas Bloor)
Subject:  Re: 7.52, Disc: Word Stress
 
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Date:  Mon, 08 Jan 1996 13:49:04 MST
From:  koontz at boulder.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject:  Unusual Sound Changes t > h
 
 
 
In need to correct a remark in Wald's Summary on Unusual Sound Changes
(t > h):
 
>In further communication, when I suggested the preceding criticism to
John, he >said that he was aware of it and agreed.  He added that the
extension of *t >(add appropriate features) > c/j to /_ back vowel
might have been facilitated >by retroflexion of the back vowels,
something he had personally observed in >some other Southeast Amerind
languages, e.g., Quapaw, and is an areal feature.
 
In fact this comment was offered by Robert Rankin, with whom I was
corresponding on the side, and whose personal observations it
reflects.  I think I said as much, but perhaps I was unclear.  My
apologies to Rankin and to Wald.
 
John E. Koontz
NIST:CAML:DCISD 888.02 Boulder, CO
john.koontz at nist.gov
 
 
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Date:  Fri, 12 Jan 1996 12:03:50 GMT
From:  T.Bloor at aston.ac.uk (Thomas Bloor)
Subject:  Re: 7.52, Disc: Word Stress
 
 
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Further to david Branner's comments on what he considered doubtful
items in Lloyd holliday's list (which I didn't see), the pronunciation
'extrordinary' (merging the a with o, which is stressed) and the
pronunciation 'febuary' , both listed as American are widespread in
British English (as are the alternatives).  Tom Bloor > >
 
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