Re: Pablo is back, Job, Argentina, Relay, Lord of the Rings
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Monday, January 14, 2002, 10:50 |
Stephen Mulraney scripsit:
> A friend of mine calls it "sharpening", which is nice. ;)
That term is used in Germanic linguistics, anyhow, for a different
effect: the process by which fricatives become stops: cp. English
"bridge" with Scots/Northern dialect "brig".
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