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Re: OT: Phonetics (IPA)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 15, 2003, 11:42
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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