Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Two variants of schwa
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| Author: | Gabriele Azzaro | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Phonetics
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| Subject Language(s): |
English
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| Query: |
Dear linguists,
a student of mine is writing a dissertation on the vowel systems of British and American English. Her major concern at the moment is finding out the distribution of the two ''variants'' of the schwa phoneme in specific contexts: the ''variants'' in question are standardly assumed to be: (i) normal schwa (here transcribed as /6/); (ii) its slightly higher realization, transcribed as an /i/ with a dash over it (here transcribed as /i-/). Could anyone kindly help us with the two following questions? (i) do you agree on the distribution of the weak /i-/ phoneme in the first list below? (ii) do you agree on the distribution of schwa /6/ in the second list below? (Symbols are from the CHILDES UNIBET chart (MacWhinney 1991: 63-4), stress & details omitted). Thanks for any help, will post a sum as soon as we get some answers back. FIRST LIST: abdominal [&bdQmi-n6l] abstinence [&sti-n6ns] America [6meri-k6] badminton [b&dmi-nt6n] cylinder [sIli-nder] counterirritant [kaunt6rIri-t6nt] determinant [dIt3:mi-n6nt] economical [ek6nQmi-k6l] electrical [Ilektri-k6l] emigrant [emi-gr6nt] eminence [emi-nens] geophisical [dZi:QfIzi-c6l] immigrant [Imi-gr6nt] imminent [Imi-n6nt] intoxicant [intQksi-k6nt] incriminate [InkrImi-neIt] inquisitive [IquIzi-tIv] nightingale [naIti-ngeIl] palmistry [pa:mi-stri] participal [pa:tIsi-pQl] philippine [fIli-pin] Anglicism [&ngl6si-z6m] egotism [i:g6ti-z6m] consumerism [kQnsu:m6ri-z6m] nationalism [n&S6n6li-z6m] SECOND LIST: babyhood [beIbi-h6d] boyhood [boIh6d] childhood [tSaIldh6d] livelihood [laIvli-h6d] maidenhood [meId6nh6d] manhood [m&nh6d] parenthood [per6nth6d] - Gabriele Azzaro - Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione - Universita' di Padova ================ - g.azzaro@zen.it |
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| LL Issue: | 7.1795 | |
| Date posted: | 19-Dec-1996 | |
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