Hetero-syllabic split L-Geminates: English in Singapore and Hong Kong

Lian Hee Wee

Hetero-syllabic split L-Geminates: English in Singapore and Hong Kong

Lian Hee Wee^*

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Drawing upon data from Singapore English (SgE) and Hong Kong English (HKE), this paper demonstrates that coda /l/ geminates and splits into [-wl-] when sandwiched between a short vowel and another vowel. This split-gemination of /l/ is problematic for the currently established conception that geminates share phonological features. To solve this problem, this paper proposes that non-terminal nodes contain phonological information via correspondences to the terminal nodes.

Original language	English
Pages	1112-1121
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2008
Event	18th International Congress of Linguists - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 21 Jul 2008 → 26 Jul 2008

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Conference	18th International Congress of Linguists
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	21/07/08 → 26/07/08

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Hetero-syllabic split L-Geminates: English in Singapore and Hong Kong

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