Date:  Sat, 5 Mar 1994 10:07:00 EST

From:  "Dennis.Preston" <22709MGR[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSU.BITNET>

Subject: Re: local locality pronunciation



Rudy,

You are right, of course, about the [i] -[I] variation which falls out of the

neutralization before [ng] (when the pronunciation is [linggwIstIks], using

-ng- for angma, the velar nasal). But I note that when the pronunciation is

[lIngwIstIks] (with an alveolar nasal preceding [g]), the vowel is invariably

[I].

Dennis Preston

22709mgr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msu.bitnet