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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