Re: CHAT: cultural interpretation [was Re: THEORY: language and the brain]
| From: | Tristan <kesuari@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 3, 2003, 13:30 |
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On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 22:22, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> What I think I mean is
>
> Underlying Realisation
> Normal speech Whispered
> Voiceless /c/ [c] [c]
> Voiced /q/ [q] [c_h]
>
> Hope that makes some sort of sense - try whispering /b/ and /p/ and you'll
> see what I'm talking about - /c/ and /q/ can be any pair contransting by voice
You realise that in general in English, /p/ is actually [p_h] before a
vowel when not after /s/, don't you? (i.e. /tOp/ [t_hOp], /stOp/
[stOp].) A dialect that didn't do that would be interesting (and this is
a common Germanic trait). When whispered, I would say that /b/ was [p]
and /p/ [p_h]: the opposite of what I think you're saying.
--
Tristan.