LINGUIST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Scottish English, Nasal Vowel, Syllabic Consonant

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1A03
• Professor: Catherine Anderson

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[a] and [ ] a(cid:396)e o(cid:374)ly used i(cid:374) diphtho(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)efo(cid:396)e [ ] (cid:894)e. g (cid:894)fa(cid:396), (cid:373)o(cid:396)e(cid:895)(cid:895) Syllabic liquids and nasals can form the nucleus of a unstressed syllable, and a diacritic under the letter will show this. If schwa and liquid/nasal are in the same syllable, you can replace it with a consonant with diacritic. Between vowels, or a vowel and syllabic consonant. When first vowel is stressed and second is unstressed. Lowering velum before you got your tongue in place for the [n] Changing a normal vowel to a nasal vowel is called nasalization. The squiggly diacritic is placed above a vowel to indicate that the vowel is nasal. Vowels become nasalized before a nasal consonant in the same syllable. When the nasal is in the same syllable as a vowel. Results when voicing does not start immediately after a stop. Short puff of air before the vowel starts. A superscript h is used to indicate aspiration.