推 Asvaghosa:I've heard like 'easay' 02/09 19:17
※ 引述《ggirls (哥)》之銘言：
: http://www.merriam-webster.com/pronsymbols.html
: 最近研究法一下merriam的音標，能不能請各位看一下
: \ e\ as y in easy
: \ i \ as i in hit
: 這兩個音在kk音標不都是短的i音嗎？是我理解錯誤嗎？
: 有人可以稍微開導一下這套音標的規率嗎？
priv's reply here and in another post are indeed quite good. However I think
I need to add more information to give a better picture.
First, all languages change. Pronouncing -y as short "I" is an older
pronunciation. This kind of pronunciation was still quite common on
BBC World Service when I first listened to it on shortwave about 30 years
ago. Back then this kind of pronunciation was even more prevalent on
Radio Moscow, also on shortwave.
The so-called kk音標 is from a book called
"A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English" first published in 1943.
The last edition of that book was published in 1953 in my knowledge.
Even back then, about 70 years ago, the pronunciation of -y was in an
indeterminate state.
Luckily that book is available on Internet Archive now. Please see
http://tinyurl.com/af4cmtf for the expalanation of the short I sound and
http://tinyurl.com/agwrjy2 for the part on -y.
The corresponding texts are roughly reproduced below.
A§6. I. The symbol i is used for accented or unaccented syllables.
Though the accented
and unaccented vowels in pity 'piti, sitting 'sitig, visit Vizit, etc.,
are sometimes different in
quality, the differences are here ignored, since they vary with
different speakers and with the different sounds that precede or follow.
This accords with common practice in transcription.
When final, the unaccented vowel in pity 'piti and similar words varies
with different speak-
ers in .I'Vmerica from a sound like the i in bit bit, or like the first i
in 'piti, to a sound that ap-
proaches the i in bee bi. See the ending -y in the vocabulary.
-y ending, pron. -i or -i, of ns, adjs, &A° advs
(glory, glories, money, icy, fully 'full, -i).
The sound varies in America from -i toward
-i, though the -i is seldom as high (close) as
in the pi of basis (bases 'besiz a耿 cf Macy's
'mesiz, -iz) or of stasis (stases 'stesiz a耿
cf Stacy's). The -i variant is commonest in
the N &a? E, hilt rare in the S. In America
as a whole -i appears to prevail. As it is not
feasible in the vocabulary to give both variants
-I &" -ifor tlte mimerous words in -y, it must
he understood that, though only -i is given,
very many speakers use tlte higher vowel
approaching -i. The ending -y is often
omitted from the vocab.
--
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.
Tim is on the run!
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