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Re: Lingwa de Planeta (LdP) introductory course

From:Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>
Date:Sunday, August 5, 2007, 2:12
2007/8/5, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...>:
> In a message dated 8/4/2007 1:29:12 PM Central Daylight Time, > un.doing@GMAIL.COM writes: > > > > At the same time Mandarin does not use the labial glide in finals, > > only in initials as a consonant. The vowel series in "zuo4" is > > actually a falling opening diphthong - i.e. the main vowel is the [u] > > and the glide, if any, is [O]. > > > > I have doubts about this interpretation of which part is the glide. I think > it's the 'u' in the middle. > > stevo </HTML> >
Personally I don't think there is a glide. Because the main vowel is the [u]: putting the emphasis on [O] is one way of sounding like a foreigner, particularly a Westerner. Besides, the difference is audible enough for one to surmise that the [u] is not quite a semivowel. Eugene

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