Re: Nasal semivowels/fricatives?
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 15, 2000, 23:47 |
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FFlores wrote:
> And how are prenasalized stops different from nasal + stop clusters?
In the same way that the affricate /tS/ differs from /t/ + /S/, that is,
prenasalized stops are *treated as* single consonants in the language,
whereas nasal-stop clusters are treated as separate consonants. That's
all.
> The question is: do these nasalized
> stops contrast with proper nasal stops in any natlang?
Yes, I can't think of any references, tho.
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