The article accounts for the phenomenon of aspiration in Jaffna Tamil, a dialect distinct form South Indian dialects of Tamil. Not being distinctive orphonologically determined, aspiration is dealt with as a prosodic feature affecting voiceless stops in various positions. Distribution and symbolic representation are handled; kymographic evidence…

An outline is given of the tone system common to all varieties of anglophone West African English. The main features of the system are described, both in terms of linguistic description and in terms of varieties. (GLR)

The article handles nasalization found in Jaffna Tamil. Conclusions are based on the results of a kymographic study of nominal forms occurring in the colloquial speech of the author. Not being a distinctive vocalic element, nasalization is handled on a prosodic level, its occurrence at word and syllabic level is discussed. (CLK)

Based on tape recorded conversations of 28 informants in 18 Louisiana communities, this study investigated regional phonological variants in Louisiana speech. On the basis of settlement history and previous dialect studies, four regions are defined: northern Louisiana, the Florida Parishes, French Louisiana, and New Orleans. The informants are all…

Following Roman Jakobson, this article attempts to outline the affinity between linguistic change induced by language contact and conflict, and the poetic function of language. This phenomenon can be observed by studying the discourses of trilingual speakers in the Aosta Valley in Northern Italy. The problematic position of French is reflected and…

The author reviews the lexical, grammatical, and phonological criteria claimed in support of the hypothesis that there is a "Midland" dialect. He finds the claim to be "an unsubstantiable artifact of word geography" and discusses the inadequacies of this method. While he is "not questioning the existence of a subdialect corresponding to what has…

Revised and enlarged version of a paper given at the Fifth Sino-Tibetan Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 1972, entitled "Old Chinese S- Clusters, Some Dialect Alternations and Traces of the Sino-Tibetan S- Causative." (DD)

Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)

From a survey of over a thousand "diapoints" emerges a clear distributional pattern of nasal vowels in the contemporary dialects of China. They tend to occupy the lower portion of the vowel space. Three hypotheses are proposed to explain this phenomenon and each hypothesis is examined against a broad data base. (Author/TL)

Presents the phonological system of the Zhangpu dialect and the characteristics that differentiate it from the other Southern Min dialects. Notes that the phonological system of the Zhangpu dialect is close to the Zhangzhou dialect but that the aspirated affricate /+s'-/ in Zhangzhou is the voiceless fricative /s-/in Zhangpu. (SED)

Critical analysis of Fan-Kuei Li's article which appeared in "Journal of Chinese Linguistics", v1 n1 p1-13 Jan 1973. (DD)

Based on work done in 1972 which was supported by a Canada Council Research Grant. (DD)

Describes the phonology of Hainan, with particular attention to the tone system. (Author/AM)