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Re: Lateralization

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 28, 2000, 0:24
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:01:26 -0500 Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> writes:
> 'Glottalized' is a feature more common for occlusives than for > fricatives. > Glottalized affricates are more common than the respective > fricatives. In > particular, it seems that all Semitic langs that preserve the > glottalized > quality of their 'emphatics' realize [s'] as [t_s'] (which is often > obscured by the traditional transcriptions modeled on Arabic). > > Glottalized stops are indeed different from clusters with glottal > stop. > > > Basilius
- Thanks for the directions! I'm glad to know that i've been pronouncing those ejectives properly after all! But is there a difference between "glottalized" and "ejective"? -Stephen (Steg) "you always did prefer the drizzle to the rain"