Date:    Wed, 22 Apr 1998 12:02:24 -0500
<br>From:    Thomas Klein <kleint[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUSUN.GEORGETOWN.EDU>
<br>Subject: Query: Monophthongization of /aw/ in S. Carolina and Georgia
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<br>Hello everybody:
<br>
<br>I am interested in finding out if there is any evidence for the
<br>monophthongal pronunciation of the diphthong /aw/ in the South Carolina Low
<br>Country and along the Georgia coast line. Specifically, I am trying to find
<br>out if words such as 'house', 'now', 'around', 'down', 'out', and 'about'
<br>are pronounced with a monophthong rather than [aw] in these areas. The
<br>particular monophthong I have in mind is cardinal vowel #6, the lower-mid
<br>back rounded vowel represented by the 'open o' IPA symbol. Other
<br>monophthongal pronunciations would be extremely interesting to me as well.
<br>I am interested in this pronunciation for the period after 1950 and for
<br>speakers of European and African descent. I have checked the following
<br>standard references to this point: LAMSAS (online), DARE, and Kurath &
<br>McDavid. All of these sources document diphthongs for /aw/, but no
<br>monophthongs in the areas I'm interested in. Please reply directly to me
<br>rather than to the list. I'll post a summary of responses to the list.
<br>
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<br>Thanks very much.
<br>
<br>
<br>Thomas Klein
<br>
<br>
<br>Visiting Assistant Professor
<br>Linguistics Department
<br>Georgetown University
<br>Washington, DC 20057
<br>kleint[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gusun.georgetown.edu
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