Re: Lateral Plosive

On 2 Nov, Paul Bennett wrote:

> 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.

How does all this differ from a lateral click?

Dan Sulani
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