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This reminds me of /ꜧ/ which is used as a hypothetical phoneme that sounds [h] at the beginning of a syllable and [ŋ] (as in "ing") at the end of one. Since a
by jefftk 7y ago
This reminds me of /ꜧ/ which is used as a hypothetical phoneme that sounds [h] at the beginning of a syllable and [ŋ] (as in "ing") at the end of one. Since a given context can only ever have either [h] or [ŋ], there are interesting philosophy of science questions over why we shouldn't analyze it as /ꜧ/. (Though I don't think anyone actually thinks /ꜧ/ is right.)
- taejo 7y agoFor some people "being it" [biŋɪt] and "be hit" [bihɪt] are minimal pairs. I can't think of any vowels that can both come at the ends of words and before [ŋ] in my own speech, though.
- jefftk 7y agoEnglish has juncture, so "the grey tape" and "the great ape" are also distinct. We'd write your two as [biŋ+ɪt] and [bi+hɪt].