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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