John Cowan skrev:
>BP Jonsson scripsit:
>
> > Sublamino-postalveolar realization is rather common. Some areas even have
> > a distinction between sublamino-postalveolar realization of /r/+dental and
> > sublamino-palatal pronunciation of /l/+dental! In fact the sublaminal
> > articulator is probably more important than the exact point of articulation
> > for a sound to be perceived as "retroflex".
>
>You articulate these with the underside of the tongue?
Yes.
>I can curl back
>my tongue enough to make the underside touch the postalveolar region, but
>to get palatal articulation I have to take several tries.
But you got it at last? Can you hearthe acoustic similarity and difference?
/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)>
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