Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 23:15:16 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET

Subject: Re: local locality pronunciation



Re the first vowel in linguistics : since there is no phonemic contrast in

this position, one expects the exact position/tenseness (whatever you hear)

in the vowel to vary, much as with /or/ for varieties that lack a hoarse:

horse distinction. This is what phonemic theory (the old, maligned, taxo-

nomic kind) predicts.

Rudy Troike

rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu