14.3103, Qs: Intonation Break/Eng; Vowel/Zero Terms

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Subject: 14.3103, Qs: Intonation Break/Eng; Vowel/Zero Terms

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1)
Date:  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:22:58 -0500 (EST)
From:  Eung-Cheon Hah <eungcheon at ggu.ac.kr>
Subject:  Intonation Break

2)
Date:  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:15:11 +0200
From:  Ivan A Derzhanski <iad at math.bas.bg>
Subject:  Q: Term(s) for V~0

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

Date:  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:22:58 -0500 (EST)
From:  Eung-Cheon Hah <eungcheon at ggu.ac.kr>
Subject:  Intonation Break

Dear linguists,

I'm wondering if the following sentences, particularly the parts in
upper case, have any difference in intonation break. I would
appreciate it if you could send me your opinions at
eungcheon at ggu.ac.kr. When I get enough responses, I will post a
summary.

(1) a. It's NICE AND WARM weather.
    b. The weather is NICE AND WARM.
(2) a. There is a RED AND WHITE sheet in the other room.
    b. The sheet is RED AND WHITE.

Thanks in advance,
Eung-Cheon Hah

Subject-Language: English; Code: ENG


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Date:  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:15:11 +0200
From:  Ivan A Derzhanski <iad at math.bas.bg>
Subject:  Q: Term(s) for V~0

Is there a more or less commonly accepted term in English for
a vowel that alternates with zero, as the /o/ in Russian _rot_
`mouth', pl. _rty_?  I've seen `fugitive' (a literal translation
of Russian _beglaja [glasnaja]_), `unstable' (which could, however,
mean other things as well) and `movable' (which seems better suited
for a segment undergoing metathesis than deletion).  What term(s)
do people prefer?

Also, I seem to have come across the term `evanescent' used for the
same purpose, but can't remember where.  Does it exist, or am I
misremembering something?

Thanks in advance,
-
Ivan A Derzhanski
http://www.math.bas.bg/ml/iad/
iad at math.bas.bg
Dept for Math Lx, Inst for Maths & CompSci, Bulg Acad of Sciences

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