Re: [tied] Talking of locatives [Was: Some thoughts...]

On 04-10-11 23:45, enlil@... wrote:

> But intrusive-r is seen in places where there is no historical [R], as
> in a British pronunciation of "China is in Asia" ['tSajn@... Iz In 'EjZ@].
> That in itself can't be indicative of anything.

Greek ephelcystic /n/ (learn a new word every week!) can also be found
where, historically, it certainly had no business to be, e.g. in
<eikosi(n)>. That's beatufully analogous to the generalisation of
linking /r/ in non-rhotic English (the latter appears not after _any_
final vowel, but only after those that _might_ have resulter from the
loss of final /r/).

Piotr