9.564, Qs: Debuccalization, Interlinguistic small talk

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Subject: 9.564, Qs: Debuccalization, Interlinguistic small talk

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1)
Date:  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 14:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Paul Fallon <pfallon at paprika.mwc.edu>
Subject:  Debuccalization

2)
Date:  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:15:53 EDT
From:  Rodemeier <Rodemeier at aol.com>
Subject:  linguistic ettiquette and small talk

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 14:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Paul Fallon <pfallon at paprika.mwc.edu>
Subject:  Debuccalization

Does anyone know of a synchronic alternation or diachronic sound change in
which an obstruent with secondary articulation like a (unit) /kw/
debuccalizes (loses its oral articulation) to become a glottal stop /?/,
or /thy/ > [h].  I've encountered several cases in which secondary
articulation is preserved on the glottal stop after debuccalization (e.g.
/?w/, /hy/.  I've seen several cases where only the secondary articulation
is lost but primary articulation remains (e.g. /k/), or where primary and
secondary articulation fuse (or undergo tier promotion in Clements and
Hume's terms) (e.g. [p]).

Please send responses to me and I will post a summary to the list.

Thank you.

Paul Fallon
pfallon at paprika.mwc.edu


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:15:53 EDT
From:  Rodemeier <Rodemeier at aol.com>
Subject:  linguistic ettiquette and small talk


I have a query concerning relevant literature about linguistic ettiquette and
the rules of small talk in intercultural communication. Most contrastive
studies are certainly relevant to the topic, whereas I am looking for
literature which deals with "intercultural communication" as a third culture,
meaning that interlocutors from different cultural background build something
third.
Thank you in advance

Peter Kistler M.A.
Technische Universitt Chemnitz
Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
e-mail: rodemeier at aol.com

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