Re: OT: Phonetics (IPA)

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:51:06AM +0200, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> En réponse à Mark J. Reed :
>
>
> >Eehhh . . . maybe.  But then what is the difference between [c] and [t_j]?
>
> [c] is palatal all along, even when you begin to pronounce the sound. The
> whole phone is at *one* PoA. With [t_j], you begin dental or alveolar
> (whatever your own kind of [t] is) and end up palatal. During the phonation
> of [t_j], you *change* the PoA.
Okay.  Which is then indistinguishable from my original [tj]. :)

[c]     -       palatal from the beginning
[t_j]   -       starts out alveolar and moves toward palatal
[tj]    -       starts out alveolar and moves toward palatal!

I can't see a three-way difference here . . .

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