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Re: Phonology question

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 13, 1999, 13:56
> Patrick Dunn wrote: > > > Okay, a sound has popped up in my new language and I don't know what =
to
> > call it. > > I'd call it an alveolar fricative, but I already have /s/. > > > > It's like a /t/, except the tongue is relaxed, arched slightly so the > > very tip touches the alveolar ridge. Sounds a bit like a whistle, an=
d
> > it occurs at the end of words in my new language. > > Sounds like a (drum roll, please) ... voiceless alveolar retroflex > fricative (tada!). A very nice sound to have. The whistle tipped me off=
to
> its retroflex status, in case you're wondering.
I'm still thinking on the status of my voiced alveolar fricative (the intervowel allophony of my /d/, when speaking Spanish). I don't think is= a retroflex and I'm quite sure is neither the sibiliant /z/ nor an interden= tal /D/. -- Carlos Th o_o =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3D=3D####### Chlewey Thompin ## #### http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9028/ ## ## ## ------------------------------------------------##-## ## ### - =BFPor qu=E9 no? - No tiene sentido. - =BFQu=E9 sentido? El sentido no existe. - El sentido inverso. O el sentido norte. El sentido com=FAn, tal ve= z. O sin sentido, como aqu=ED. (-- Graeville 2)