12.441, Qs: Bosnian/Croatian/Serb, Article re Letter "z"

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Subject: 12.441, Qs: Bosnian/Croatian/Serb, Article re Letter "z"

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Date:  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:32:09 BST
From:  "ROB O'CONNOR" <R.O'Connor at stud.man.ac.uk>
Subject:  bosnian/croatian/serbian

2)
Date:  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:03:58 +0100
From:  Carsten Sinner <sinner at rz.uni-potsdam.de>
Subject:  Article about letter "z"

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

Date:  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:32:09 BST
From:  "ROB O'CONNOR" <R.O'Connor at stud.man.ac.uk>
Subject:  bosnian/croatian/serbian

Dear linguistlist users,

I am currently researching into the prosodic hierarchy in
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.  I would be grateful if anyone
could point me in the direction of research into (a)
synchronic phonological processes (palatal and other
assimilation; l-vocalisation; variation in accent
placement; word final devoicing; degemination across word
boundaries and anything else that may come to mind) and (b)
the nature and/or existence of VP in Bosnian/Croatian/
Serbian.

Thank you and best wishes,

Rob O'Connor


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

Date:  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:03:58 +0100
From:  Carsten Sinner <sinner at rz.uni-potsdam.de>
Subject:  Article about letter "z"

Dear linguists,

I am looking for an article I read some years ago. It is about the last
letter of the Latin alphabet, called zee in the USA and zed in the rest of
the English speaking countries. In the article, the author shows that
Canadian children say zee instead of zed due to the television programme
Sesame Street.

Does anybody know the article? Thanks for your help!

Carsten Sinner
sinner at rz.uni-potsdam.de

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