What's this phenomenon?

Piet Lincoln linc at hawaii.rr.com
Sun Dec 2 15:27:29 EST 2001


John,

    I submit that the /has~as/ alternation is nothing new.  I remember in
the 70's having particular trouble with /hailans/  and /ailans/.  My
recollection is that both could mean either Highlands or Islands, the latter
refering to Bismark Archipelago.  The distinctions among glottal stop onset,
[h], or actual vowel initial onset does not seem to bear a heavy
phonological load anywhere in the country.

cheers,

Piet



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