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Re: OT: "Tracheal" consonants: a curiosity?

From:John Vertical <johnvertical@...>
Date:Friday, June 17, 2005, 20:07
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, william drewery wrote:
>To pronounce a pharangeal fricative, the aryetenoid cartilidges pull up and >around the base of the >epiglottis, pushing it back some while the pharangeal cavity is tensed and >slightly constricted. There is >nearly always tounge root retraction. Epiglottals are essentially >exagerated pharangeals. The aryetenoids >pull all the way around the base of the epiglottis, pushing it into contact >with the back of the throat, >then the aryetenoids trill against its base as air flows laterally around >the epiglottis.
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> Epiglottal stops are the same as ejective pharangeal stops. The glottis >closes completely, while the tounge root retracts so far as to completely >seal around the epilottis.
Wait - did I understand this right? Epiglottals and pharyngeals are essentially the same POA, with epiglottal approximants equaling pharyngeal fricatives?? (and I guess that would make pharyngeal apprxs. epig. vowels then? :)) John Vertical _________________________________________________________________ Lataa ilmainen MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.fi

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