Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Word-initial [h]
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| Author: | Daniel Sokol | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Historical Linguistics
Phonetics Phonology |
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| Query: |
Just read the phrase '...an historical survey'. Phonetically, the
determiner is pronounced with a schwa but why is it written 'an'? In other words, what determines whether word-initial [h] is to be treated as a vowel or consonant? |
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| LL Issue: | 10.1056 | |
| Date posted: | 10-Jul-1999 | |
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