5 Transcription of Nasals

TranscriptionofNasalsThreenasals–m,n,and“ng”Easytoproduce!“n”–producedfrequently!“ng”–can’toccurinwordinitialpositionNasalDeletions•Difficulttodetermineifnasalwasdeleted!•Why?Precedingvowelmightbenasalized(assimilativenasality)•Determining“deletion”iseasierwhentranscribinglive(visualcues)Denasalization•Homorganicstopreplacesnasalconsonant!•Causesofdenasalization:•Cold,enlargedadenoids,etc.DevoicedNasals•When“s”isdeletedins-clustersnasalmaybedevoiced!•Note–missingfricativeoftenmarkedbynasalemission.NasalSubstitutions•Nasalsubstitutions–restrictedtocertainwords•Valentine“time”•SmithSniff