Timeline for What are current perspectives on analyzing word-final /i/ in English words like "potency" as synchronically derived from /j/?
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| Nov 30, 2017 at 2:33 | vote | accept | brass tacks | ||
| Nov 13, 2017 at 19:19 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackLinguist/status/930153157698772992 | ||
| Nov 11, 2017 at 23:03 | comment | added | brass tacks | @GregLee: The word "discrepant" is relatively rare (I don't think I've ever said it aloud), and its pronunciation with penult stress on a short "e" is irregular as well. So it seems to me that the pronunciation of "discrepant" could be based on the pronunciation of "discrepancy" rather than the reverse. But you're right that a good explanation of the placement of the stress in "discrepant" would also account for "discrepancy". | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 22:28 | comment | added | Greg Lee | I don't follow your remark about the stress of "discrepancy" in view of the penultimate stress of "discrepant". | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 17:54 | answer | added | user6726 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 16:07 | comment | added | brass tacks | @user6726: I'd love to hear an answer to 3, but if anyone can provide an answer that just tells me how I've misunderstood the idea, or that tells me that nobody agrees with it anymore, that would be useful | |
| Nov 11, 2017 at 14:50 | comment | added | user6726 | I see 3 questions here: 1) Is your recapitulation of the reasoning correct, 2) Does anyone accept the SPE account these days, 3) How (if at all) do contemporary phonologists account for these data (which an implicit 'if not, why not'). Answering all 3 is a tall order: what's most important in your question? | |
| Nov 10, 2017 at 21:30 | history | edited | brass tacks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 10, 2017 at 21:07 | history | asked | brass tacks | CC BY-SA 3.0 |