Date:  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:45:11 +0900
<br>From:  Daniel Long  dlong[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JOHO.OSAKA-SHOIN.AC.JP 
<br>Subject: Re: hypercorrect intervocalic /t/
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<br>In my native (West Tennessee) dialect we can keep at least some of our
<br>intervocalic /t/s and /d/s straight by splitting a phoneme. So we can
<br>tell if someone is talking about a /rAId[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]r/ who pens books, and a
<br>/rAd[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]r/ who straddles a horse or a motorcycle. (I hope my keyboard
<br>phonetics are close enough that you can figure them out.)
<br>This is the source of confusion when we deal with speakers from farther
<br>north who use the diphthong for both, or from farther south who use the
<br>monophthong for both.
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<br>By the way, it isn't a /t/ problem, but there is hypercorrection in a
<br>Platter*s song where they "restore" word-final /nd/ consonant clusters
<br>that weren't consonant clusters in the first place.  It's in "Only
<br>You". The line goes "only you cand make (etc., etc.)"
<br>
<br>Danny Long
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<br>(Dr.) Daniel Long, Associate Professor
<br>Japanese Language Research Center
<br>Osaka Shoin Women's College
<br>4-2-26 Hishiyanishi
<br>Higashi-Osaka-shi, Osaka Japan 577
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