Re: The beautifulest phonology
| From: | Jeff Jones <jeffsjones@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 21, 2002, 20:16 |
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:35:57 -0500, Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
wrote:
>czHANg wrote:
>> >Next thing you know, someone mentions uvulars and retroflexes...
>>::shudder::
>>
>> HEY there! Whats wrong with a _few_ retroflexes, i.e. /t'/ /d'/ /l'/
>>!!!
>
>Hey there yourself! We're definitely in need of [s`], [z`] and [n`] too,
>not to mention the compulsory retroflex trill, which I think is [r`] in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hey Andreas, I like that phrase! If anything should be compulsory, it
should be that!
We were just discussing the retroflex trill in another thread (Rubaga
Phones). Christophe wasn't sure about the X-SAMPA either, so I'm also using
[r`].
Jeff J.
>X-SAMPA.
>
>(Of the above-mentioned retroflexes, only [l`] is absent in my dialect,
>altho' [z`] and [r`] are allophones of the same phoneme /r/.)
>
> Andreas
>