Re: Lateral Plosive
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 3:37 |
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On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:43:51 -0800, bob thornton <arcanesock@...>
wrote:
> --- Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:01:31 -0800, bob thornton
>> <arcanesock@...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Is it humanly possible to have a lateral plosive?
[snip]
>> OTOH, you can have a
>> prelateralised plosive and a plosive with lateral
>> release, and indeed a
>> prelateralised plosive with lateral release, so you
>> can get pretty damn
>> close accoustically and articulatorily.
[snip]
> How does one prelateralize something, or have a
> lateral release? I do not understand.
Prelateralised is more or less the same deal as prenasalised, but with an
L instead of an N.
Put the rest of your talking equipment into the right position for
consonant X, but leave the sides of the tongue in the approximant
position, start making the approximant, and then close it off to make the
plosive, and release as you normally would.
Basically, pronounce an L at the right POA (or as close as possible), and
follow it by the plosive. Do this quickly and smoothly enough that it
sounds like one consonant. I don't have a CXS notation for it, but I've
seen /nd)/ for prenasalised /d/, so I'd be willing to use /ld)/ for
prelateralised /d/.
Same thing backwards for the lateral release. Pronounce the plosive
followed immediately by an L, and do it quickly and smoothly enough that
it sounds like one consonant. There *is* CXS for this one, but I'll be
damned if I can remember it. Maybe /d_l/, which looks vaguely like it
ought to be right.
Paul
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