Thank you so very much for this series. I'm reading the book along as I watch these. Is this series as comprehensive as an introductory university course? What would you recommend as the next thing to do after I finish the book and the series? My goal is to go more toward historical linguistics and etymology which as far as I can tell seem to presuppose all of the knowledge offered in this book and series. Thanks again, these videos are amazing.
Not quite. You're right that the vowel in bit is shorter, but it's also slightly more open and further back. Bit is /bɪt/ (note no dot over the i) and beet is /bi:t/ (actually it's often a slight diphthong something like /bɪit/ that gets very slightly higher and more closed over its length). If you're a native English speaker, you can hear the difference by stretching out the words: try saying biiiiiiiiiit and beeeeeeet and compare them; they'll sound markedly different. If you're not native, this may be difficult as they are rather similar in quality.
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Thank you so very much for this series. I'm reading the book along as I watch these. Is this series as comprehensive as an introductory university course? What would you recommend as the next thing to do after I finish the book and the series? My goal is to go more toward historical linguistics and etymology which as far as I can tell seem to presuppose all of the knowledge offered in this book and series. Thanks again, these videos are amazing.
There is a course on historical linguistics called "the story of human language" by John McWorther on Wondrium. It has 30 lectures and a book pdf.
Which book are you reading along as you watch these? I, too, might benefit from doing that. Thanks!
all the videos amazing.
length example in English:
Unnamed vs Unaimed. only the length of the "N" changes for two different meanings.
Thank you so much.
22:10 "it certainly doesn't happen in English" Psst!
32:01 Why is the Finnish example suprasegmental? It's always just 1 phoneme that's affected.
would "bit" vs "beet" be example of length distinguishing different words in English?
Not quite. You're right that the vowel in bit is shorter, but it's also slightly more open and further back. Bit is /bɪt/ (note no dot over the i) and beet is /bi:t/ (actually it's often a slight diphthong something like /bɪit/ that gets very slightly higher and more closed over its length). If you're a native English speaker, you can hear the difference by stretching out the words: try saying biiiiiiiiiit and beeeeeeet and compare them; they'll sound markedly different. If you're not native, this may be difficult as they are rather similar in quality.
@@PoolOfPeas biiiit vs beet makes the difference clear. thanks!
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