Date:  Sat, 5 Mar 1994 21:27:12 -0700

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

Subject: Re: /lIngwIstIks/



It looks as though Don Lance's examples have extended the neutralization

of -/n/:-/ng/ in participles and gerunds to all cases of -/ng/. I have

encountered this happening in <thing> and its compounds, in Texas, including

in a well-educated speaker, but have never seen a complete merger before.

A great example of the genesis of language change (if others should copy them).

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