Re: Russian phonetics question [Was: What's SHCH?]

Quoting Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > Russian has retroflexes?
>
> Hmm. I would suggest that ø /S/ and æ /Z/ are in fact [s`] and [z`]. Or
> maybe [S_e] and [Z_e]. With the same colouring as a hard ë /l/
> [5]=[l_e].
Would that be Swedish-style sublaminal retroflexes? Or Indian-style ones, which,
IIUC, are apical?

                                             Andreas

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