Re: Unilang: the Phonotactics
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 19, 2001, 5:14 |
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David Peterson wrote:
> Well, if you'll notice, trying to go from [t] to [l] involves placing
> your tongue on the alveolar regions to stop the flow of air, releasing, but
> not really, since you're immediately going back to that alveolar region to
> stop the flow of air and let it out laterally. With [s], you never block the
> flow of air at all.
Well, yeah ... but with [tl] you just lower the edges, with [sl] you
lower the edges while also moving the center of the tip upwards.
With [t] to [l] there's a *very* brief instant where there would be a
sort of lateral fricative.
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