Comments on: Ejectives in English http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/ejectives-in-english Language in a word Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:06:06 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: James Runcie http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/ejectives-in-english/comment-page-1#comment-61032 James Runcie Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:30:11 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=86#comment-61032 It appears that John Wells will be dealing with this topic at greater length in his revised and updated 30th anniversary edition of Accents of English, due for publication if all goes well in late 2012. He has also just written a post about the phenomenon in his blog, which I would recommend to interested readers: http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/ejectives-in-english.html It appears that John Wells will be dealing with this topic at greater length in his revised and updated 30th anniversary edition of Accents of English, due for publication if all goes well in late 2012. He has also just written a post about the phenomenon in his blog, which I would recommend to interested readers: http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/ejectives-in-english.html

]]> By: John Wells http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/ejectives-in-english/comment-page-1#comment-2012 John Wells Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:35:15 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=86#comment-2012 I have a brief mention of ejectives on p. 261 (vol. 1): [apropos of preglottalization] "An emphatic articulation of the glottal component [in final -ʔp, -ʔt, -ʔk] will readily convert this into an ejective .. both northerners and southerners may be found who use these forms under appropriate stylistic conditions." I agree that it would be better to have discussed them at greater length and to have included "ejective" in the index. John I have a brief mention of ejectives on p. 261 (vol. 1):

[apropos of preglottalization]
“An emphatic articulation of the glottal component [in final -ʔp, -ʔt, -ʔk] will readily convert this into an ejective .. both northerners and southerners may be found who use these forms under appropriate stylistic conditions.”

I agree that it would be better to have discussed them at greater length and to have included “ejective” in the index.

John

]]> By: abdul http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/ejectives-in-english/comment-page-1#comment-1975 abdul Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:54:17 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=86#comment-1975 By "ejective" do you mean articualting the /k/ with a glottalic airstream mechanism? If not, then this could be only a case of geminating the /k/ in final position and releasing it with a short voicleess vowel (schwa). By “ejective” do you mean articualting the /k/ with a glottalic airstream mechanism? If not, then this could be only a case of geminating the /k/ in final position and releasing it with a short voicleess vowel (schwa).

]]> By: Nigel Greenwood http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/ejectives-in-english/comment-page-1#comment-1926 Nigel Greenwood Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:16:40 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=86#comment-1926 Any online audio examples? I presume you're talking about words like "break" pronounced with an exaggerated ejective "k" at the end. Nigel Any online audio examples? I presume you’re talking about words like “break” pronounced with an exaggerated ejective “k” at the end.

Nigel

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