From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 58685
Date: 2008-05-19
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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
Somebody previously mentioned
that some idiolects have a contrast between
he can /kan/ and tin-can /keän/
Are these idiolects the same ones which
have central neutral /°/ or /&/
in home or house /h&ws/ ?
This is interesting from the point of view of general phonology,
It seems that /°/ is the most open central vowel possible,
and /eä/ although not central
plays the role of a central vowel.
Arnaud