Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Sonorant gemination - I (/r/)

ɚ = ər (vocalization of r)

scar#y scɛɚy or scɛəry
hair#y hɛəry or hɜɚy
gor#y gɔɚy
scenario scenɛərio

Southern states r-less lects:

moor+ing (adj)
dar+ing (adj)

moor#ing (v) dɛərɪŋ
dar#ing (v) mʊərɪŋ

Northern states lects: backward-geminates liquids /l/, /r/ between vowels.

merry mɛəri

Some N states lects dont geminate before #:

care#less
care+less cɛərlɪs

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