Date:  Sat, 5 Mar 1994 14:00:39 -0700

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

Subject: Re: local locality pronunciation



Dennis,

    Right -- presumably one would be surprised by an [iy] before [n],

since in that context [iy] would be unequivocally /iy/, given the contrast

of /iy/:/I/ before /n/. The phonetic contrast would be perceptually salient

in that context, though not before /ng/.

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