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[2025-07-15-1], [2025-07-16-1], [2025-07-17-1]に続いての話題.初期近代英語期の正音学者の批判的分析といえば,まず最初に当たるべきは Dobson である.案の定 could の <l> についてある程度の紙幅を割いてしっかりと記述がなされている.Dobson (Vol. 2, §4) を引用する.
Could: the orthoepists record four main pronunciations, [kʌuld], [ku:ld], [kʊd], and [kʌd]. The l of the written form is due to the analogy of would and should, and it is clear that pronunciation was similarly affected. The transcriptions of Smith, Hart, Bullokar, Gil, and Robinson show only forms with [l], and Hodges gives a form with [l] beside one without it. Tonkis says that could is 'contracted' to cou'd, from which it would appear that the [l] was pronounced in more formal speech. Brown in his 'phonetically spelt' list writes coold beside cud) for could, and the 'homophone' lists from Hodges onwards put could by cool'd. Poole's rhymes show that he pronounced [l]. Tonkis gives the first evidence of the form without [l]; he is followed by Hodges, Wallis, Hunt, Cooper, and Brown. The evidence of other orthoepists is of uncertain significance.
一昨日,Shakespearean 学者2名にこの件について伺う機会があったのだが,could の /l/ ありの発音があったことには驚かれていた.上記の Dobson の記述によると,初期近代英語期のある時期には,むしろ /l/ の響く発音のほうが一般的だったとすら解釈できることになる.この時代の発音の実態の割り出すのは難しいが,ひとまずは Dobson の卓越した文献学的洞察に依拠して理解しておこう.
・ Dobson, E. J. English Pronunciation 1500--1700. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Oxford: OUP, 1968.
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