----- Original Message -----From: Piotr GasiorowskiSent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:00 AMSubject: Re: [tied] Vowel Lengthening from V + Voiced Stop (was Vowel Lengthening from V + Voiced Consonant)On 2006-10-03 00:33, Patrick Ryan wrote:
> Then, perhaps, you can see why I pressed you for an answer to
> whether the table _misrepresented_ the situation; and why I
> interpreted "Final" as simply CV in any position.
>
> It is clear from your second paragraph that the table either is
> misrepresentational or, at least, misleading.
Not really. In the book, and generally in phonetic terminology, the
default interpretation of "final" means "word-final" , not "syllable
final". I admit, however, that a cautionary footnote about the defective
distribution of "lax" vowels would dispel any possible ambiguities.
>
> I do not have Gimson/Cruttenden at present. I would be curious to
> know if the table I reproduced actually occurs in the book.
Yes, it does. I've checked that.***
Thank you for checking.
Patrick
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