Date:  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:05:41 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: can/can't



Larry,

    Thanks for the references. Hans Marchand has always amazed me with

his scholarly depth, but he is largely ignored when leading names are

mentioned. Don has forgotten his linguistic roots: in Texas and elsewhere

in the South and South Midland (I'm not trying to pick a fight here), the

vowel of <can't> is /aey/ or is raised by the following glide to /ey/. As

the nuclei are different even under stress, there ain't no confusion.

    Rudy

    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)