LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.11.17 (08) [E]

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language Varieties

Hi Ron and All

thanks for the link on Yola - never heard of it before
but certainly seems to have a lot of West Country
influences.

One thing you mention Ron is
"I find initial pre-vocalic /z-/ in place of /s-/ particularly interesting,
considering it coincides with Low Fanconian, Lowlands Saxon (Low
German) and most German dialects."

Interesting. In dialect maps of the middle ages and up to the recent past
there's a broad swathe of the South of England that also has s and f
pronounced z and v (it's where we get related words such as fox and vixen in
modern English - vixen being a loan from the South-West - I think this
subject has been touched on before). I always thought that this voicing was
a innovation in the South West that was fairly successful at first but is
since receding. However, could it not be possible that this was the version
that was brought over from the continent by the Saxons
whereas the Angles who settled further north brought the voiceless
equivalents? Maybe the continental Angles used to have the voiceless
equivalent, but under continental Saxon influence have since also adopted
the voiced equivalents.

Just a thought

Gary

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