"I don't think one
can meaningfully speak of "phonemes in English". It
seems clear that the set
of phonemes is accent-dependent. Also, it's
my understanding that {shippin'}
is really {shippen} -- that is, a
remnant of a dialect that generalized a
different form, so there is
no {g} to be dropped." IK PEYLOUGH, SOUTH
FLORIDA
Do you make the
difference between phone and phoneme?
Phone = a linguistic sound uttered by a
speaker.
Phoneme = a set of phonetic traits the
realisations of which depend on the phonotactic position it fills.
For example /b/ is a phoneme in English.
It is realised as [b] in <scribe>,
but as [p] in <*scription> of <subscription>, and as a more or
less devoiced [b]as in <*sub-> of <subscription>.
Of course in English the realisation of a vowel
depends on whether it is stressed or unstressed.
Jean-Paul G. POTET
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 8:03
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Subject: [phoNet] Re: ring &
rink
--- In phoNet@yahoogroups.com, "Jean-Paul G.
POTET" <potetjp@w...>
wrote:
>
"that depends on the dialect... in my dialect it would be [r\iNg_}]
>
and [r\iNk] ... from my experience, /N/ is usually [N] or [Ng_}]
> and
/Nk/ is usually [Nk] or [Nk_}], with [N] and [Nk] being most
> common."
Robert B. WILSON
>
> If you do not recall where you hail from, it
is difficult for your
> reader to see what your dialect is. :-)
I
don't remember where Robert "hails from", but I'm from South
Florida and
have always lived in the southeastern U.S. I've heard
only [N] for
morpheme-final /N/ (as in [r\iN]) with the single
exception of "Long
Island" (as pronounced by people from that area,
and only those people).
Also, I usually say [Nk_h] for /Nk/.
> To me [N] is not a phoneme in
English, but a phone that is the
> realisation of the phoneme /n/ before
a velar stop. When /g/ is
> dropped, the realisation is [n], e.g.
shipping > shippin'.
>
> Jean-Paul G. POTET, FRANCE
I
don't think one can meaningfully speak of "phonemes in English". It
seems
clear that the set of phonemes is accent-dependent. Also, it's
my
understanding that {shippin'} is really {shippen} -- that is, a
remnant of
a dialect that generalized a different form, so there is
no {g} to be
dropped.
IKP
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