W dniu 2012-03-27 08:54, Brian M. Scott pisze:
> A possibly independent instance in a Germanic dialect is the
> so-called Northumbrian burr:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbrian_Burr>.
It's *certainly* independent *if* the spread of uvular /R/ elsewhere is
really to be dated in the 18th century, since by the early 18th century
the Northumbrian burr had already come to be regarded as a
long-established regional shibboleth. Here is an article in which I
argue that it may go all the way back to Old Northumbrian.
http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/sap/files/42/05Gasiorowski.pdf
Piotr
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