Re: Describing diphthongs
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 7, 2004, 3:51 |
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On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:29:51 -0400, John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> German rounded vowels are really labialized rather than
> rounded (the lips are open in the center but not at the corners);
> Swedish vowels are in fact rounded (the lips protrude).
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> I think.
Weird. I had heard -- on this very list, no less -- that German front
rounded vowels were exceptionally rounded compared to all the surrounding
languages. This didn't jive with my German lessons in high school, but I
was allowing for the possibility of imperfect tuition, so I said nothing
at the time.
Paul