Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals
| From: | David Starner <starner@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 7:25 |
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 07:00:51PM -0700, Josh Brandt-Young wrote:
> I was thinking about our discussion some time ago of whether [T] and [D]
> should be considered separate phonemes in English, citing "minimal pairs"
> and whatnot, and decided to do a test on my (non-linguistically-savvy)
> girlfriend to see what I could see.
What dialect/accent do you and her speak? I would think the answer
depends a lot on what dialect of English you're talking about.
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David Starner - starner@okstate.edu
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