Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 17:18:22 EDT

From: Terry Lynn Irons t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUACAD.MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: Re: Southern Shuft





[dEn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]s] Baron shore ain't no Southern Shifter. [prIstIn] is way off (but not

bad for a New Zealand pronunciation of it - too far south). No other takers?

Dennis Preston

22709mgr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msu.edu

changing to

preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu



When I lived in Georgia, I worked with a psychologist named Steve Bell.

Rural northern Ga speakers called him something like [b[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]e[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]l]. Even after the

raising, the onset schwa is there. Back to which I will come.

Based on this evidence and other field observations, I would say preston

becomes [pr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]e[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]stIn].



All of the data presented start with stops. I wonder if the onset schwa

everybody hears has to do with the quality of the vowel and what happens

to it. I suspect it has more to do with the initial consonant. What

data without initial consonants are there? Eat comes to mind.

It lowers, but it lacks the onset people report in team .



Could you clarify for me what peripheral/nonperipheral mean in acoustic

and articulatory terms?



I am unaware of any principles of sound change. All I am familiar

with are hypotheses within the context of certain paradigms and then

certain facts.



Terry Irons



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