Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 16:42:03 -0400

From: "MELISSA S. SMITH" mssmit01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: Re: mb..., nd..., ngg... -Reply



On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Herb Stahlke wrote:



I've observed a different sort of prenasalization

in some speaker of MUSE, but not the one

you've pointed out. What I've observed is the

spreading of nasality from a nasalized syllable

back across a voiceless stop, as in "ompen" for

"open." This doesn't help with your problem,

unfortunately.



Herb Stahlke



Where exactly have you noticed this nasal speaking? I've never heard it

and I'm curious as to what area it is in.



Melissa S. Smith