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A PHONETICS-PHONOLOGY INTERFACE VIEW OF CASUAL ENGLISH CONSONANT LENITION : Alveolar Taps
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Skaer, Peter M. Aniya, Sosei |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Phonetically, the existence of the English alveolar oral tap, [R] , is well-established compared with its nasal counterpart, [R)] (see Hagiwara, 2006; Akmajian et al., 2001; de Jong, 1998; Carmell, et al. , 1997 among others). Phonologically, the lenition of the alveolar nasal /n/ to a tap of [R )] in English is not wellestablished either (see Akmajian et al., 2001; Fromkin et al., 2000; Giegerich, 1992 among others)3. However, we suggest that in fact a nasal tap occurs in the casual speech of English, both word-internally and across morpheme and word boundaries, and that therefore this tap should be considered a nasal allophone, alongside the traditional three usually noted, including [m], [n], and [N]. To this end, we provide phonetic evidence obtained by using two different systems of phonetic analysis, including the Praat speech digitizing program, and the Kay-Pentax Nasometer II-Model 6400, followed by phonological arguments and analyses for both the alveolar oral tap lenition and the alveolar nasal tap lenition, suggesting an ambisyllabicity-oriented tap rule. |
| Starting Page | 39 |
| Ending Page | 50 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.15027/28511 |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/2/28511/20141016164604854261/StudiesInHumanSciences_3_39.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.15027/28511 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
