Re: /s/ -> /h/ [was: Re: Betreft: Re: k(w)->p]
From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
Date: | Monday, January 31, 2000, 11:40 |
At 01:17 29/01/00 -0600, you wrote:
Still, I don't
>understand what exactly separates vowels from consonants, and how /h/ could
>be vocalic.
>
The problem of phonology is that it tries to discretize a domain which is
heavily continue. There is a continuum of various dimensions of possibly
pronounced sounds, so purely discrete descriptions will always miss
something. You just have to know those limits of method, and try to do with
them.
Christophe Grandsire
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