Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 20:09:07 -0600
From: "Garland D. Bills" gbills[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UNM.EDU
Subject: Re: Southern Shuft
On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Wayne Glowka wrote:
I will defer to a professional, but I'd say the opposite is true in Central
Georgia.
BIT sounds like [bixt] x = schwa
BET sounds like [bext]
BEET sounds like [bxit]
BAIT sounds like [b[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]eit] or [baeit]
Full of [bxinz],
It will be noted that Wayne's examples support exactly what D[ix]nis (that
is, Labov) was saying. The syllabic nuclei of the first two are
peripheral (tense) and therefore rising. The nuclei of the last three are
non-peripheral (lax) and therefore falling.
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