Application of the Phonetic System of the American Dialect Society to Pennsylvania German 1
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Often pronounced without vocality as in English (cf . BELT., 'Visible Speech', p. 93, note). Note 5. This is a variety of w between the Znglish w and the IT.H.G-. w. lir. Bell suggests that it riay be described as an "inner N.H.G. w". It is lip-teeth-open- (very slight) voiced. I don't find I-tr. Svreet's "lip-open-voice" the exact description of the S, G. and P. G. w. - 4 - * Results of the Comparison. 1. Vowels. For the F.Gt. vowel system the symbols of the A, D. Society are in the main suffi...cient. The only sound which is not fairly well ex- pressed is that represented by e_ in original German words like gev^. nem. 2. Consonants . In the case of P.G. consonantism the system of the A.D.Society, being adapted onlyH to English sounds, is inadequate at certain points. In the first place it makes no provision for what I, following SIEVERS ( »Phonetik' #20,23B), have called voiceless mediae (SVEET'S half-voiced stops) b, d, ^. Hence in order to make the system of the A.D.Society applicable to P.G.
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