9.411, Disc: Short Diphthongs

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Subject: 9.411, Disc: Short Diphthongs

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Date:  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:29:36 -0500 (EST)
From:  Paul Johnston <JOHNSTONP at wmich.edu>
Subject:  Re: 9.371, Disc: Short Diphthongs

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Date:  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:29:36 -0500 (EST)
From:  Paul Johnston <JOHNSTONP at wmich.edu>
Subject:  Re: 9.371, Disc: Short Diphthongs

To Joaquim de Carvalho:

	Isn't Scots a case of a language with both bimoraic short
(/EI/) and long /ae oe/ diphthongs?  The first two, /EI/ and /ae/ were
once allophones, but now you have contrasts in final positions like
pay/pie.  the short/long distinction is certainly phonological, as
they pattern according to the Scots


bnEgh AE Scots Vowel Length Rule.  Also, how about Dutch, and
diphthongs like /EI/ vs.  //a:i/, or are you counting the latter as
/a:j/, i. e. V + C.

					Paul Johnston
					Dept. of English
					Western Michigan University
					Kalamazoo, MI 49008
					JOHNSTONP at WMICH.EDU

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