Longli Yangchang Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data

534 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data

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Most of the words transcribed in the 1950s with [ F] initial were recorded in our data with a [G], and one had a [ Y] initial. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘garlic’ Fn24 GvBf24 ‘evening’ FCl42 GCl42 ‘white’ F`t13 GC:t24 ‘outside’ Ft`f42 YtCf31 Some words transcribed in the 1950s with [ sr] were recorded in our data with [sb] or [sb’] initials. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘table’ srn02 sbB102 ‘spicy’ sr`s42 sbDs31 ‘pants’ srt:M24 sbnM14 ‘to taste’ srhl00 sb’Hl103 ‘to lead by pulling’ srhM24 sbHM24 ‘ten’ srho00 sbHo13 Many words transcribed with a [z] initial in BYDCBG were recorded in our data with a [ Y] or [ P] initial. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘wind’ ytl00 Ynl13 ‘early’ yt`l42 YtCl41 ‘to carry with hand’ yht02 Yht13 ‘to search’ y`24 P`24 ‘to crawl’ yL:m00 Y=m24 ‘to know’ yn20 Yn20 ‘to steal’ yCf00 YCf12 ‘to cut meat’ yt`m22 YtCm24 ‘six’ ytCf24 Ynj24 ‘long’ yCh00 PC:h02 ‘round’ yhCm00 Y=m12 ‘full’ yhl24 YHl24 Several words in BYDCBG have a [ f] final. These were recorded in our data with a [k] final. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘tiger’ jtf24 jtj24 ‘to vomit’ yt:f42 YB:j31 ‘ink’ lCf42 lCj24 ‘six’ ytCf24 Ynj24 ‘girl’ faLf24 fa=j24 ‘heavy’ mCf24 mCj24 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 535 The nucleus [ L] transcribed in the 1950s was recorded as various different vowels in our data. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘sky’ faLm24 fa=m14 ‘rain’ uLm24 u=m13 ‘wing’ uL:s42 uX=s33 ‘feather’ oLm24 o=m24 ‘stinkbug’ yL:s42 kX=s22 ‘earthworm’ fcL:m24 fcX=m24 ‘hand’ uLM00 u=M102 ‘navel’ oLs24 o=s33 ‘blood’ kL:s42 k=s3 ‘to eat’ jLm24 j=m24 [u] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘wind’ ytl00 Ynl13 ‘rainbow’ stM00 snM13 ‘mistfog’ lt`f22 ln=f24 ‘bird’ ytCf00 YBf13 ‘to vomit’ yt:f42 YBj31 ‘to boil’ ytM24 YnM24 ‘pants’ srt:M24 sbnM14 ‘lock’ ktM02 knM24 ‘mortar’ ytl24 Y=l24 ‘dustpan’ fctCM02 fcnM20 ‘to holdhug’ ftl20 fnl20 ‘to swell’ FtCf00 FBj103 ‘to forget’ ktl00 k=l20 ‘work’ ut:M24 v`M24 [i] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘afternoon meal’ yhM00 YH=M20 ‘gold’ sbhl24 sbHl14 ‘monkey’ khM00 kh=M13 ‘duck’ ohs24 oHs24 ‘tongue’ khm20 kHm20 ‘ginger’ ihM24 iH=M24 ‘ten’ srho00 sbHo13 ‘round’ yhCm00 Y=m12 ‘full’ yhl24 YHl24 ‘tasteless’ srhs24 sb=s24 The pitch values as reported in the 1950s data and in our data are given below. 1950 data Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pitch 24 00 02 20 22 42 22, 24 42, 02 Example m`24 m`00 m`02 m`20 ju`22 s`42 y`o22, yCo24 j`o42, jCo02 Gloss thick field face mother’s older brother to cross river to carry with shoulder pole, small pig basket to press between, to catch 536 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 1990 data Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pitch value 35 24 35 31 34 or 44 53 45 24 34 55

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