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Re: Phonology question

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, July 15, 1999, 2:12
BP Jonsson wrote:
> In Icelandic the counterparts of English /T/ and /s/ are distinguished =
as
> laminal alveolar and apical alveolar respectively.
Do you mean laminal *dental* for /T/? Because according to my phonetics book, /s/ is typically laminal. /T/ is typically apico-dental or interdental. --=20 Yaw=EDntasva natab=ED, plansaf=ED nlak=FAsi The boy dies giving birth to the man ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor