Re: Two meanings
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 8, 2003, 18:18 |
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Tristan McLeay scripsit:
> What's the 'Italian "S"'? (I presume some variant pronunciation, but
> what's the difference between that and a Spanish one?)
It's the Spanish (Castilian) /s/ that's unusual; it's an apico-alveolar
sound rather than the general lamino-alveolar [s] that Italian (and
many other languages) use. Basque writes "s" for the apical sound,
"z" for the laminal one.
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