Re: Re[2]: [tied] Glen, regarding...

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 26306
Date: 2003-10-09

But, for example, French have difficult in pronnounce English "th". If a hypothetical French community that is annexed by an English-languaged country, is it not plausible that this population will maintain a shift T > s, or f, or alike?
 
Joao
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian M. Scott
To: Patrick C. Ryan
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Glen, regarding...

At 9:45:29 AM on Thursday, October 9, 2003, Patrick C. Ryan
wrote:

> Let us take a concrete example. If a certain segment of a
> population substitutes a fricative (/f/) for an aspirated
> stop (/pH/), we can make one of two basic assumptions:
> that segment finds it difficult (or impossible) to
> replicate /pH/; or that segment does not properly hear
> /pH/, and cannot distinguish it from /f/. Both scenarios
> imply physical causes.

No, they don't.

Brian




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