Re: Lenition
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 25, 2002, 11:52 |
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Ray Brown scripsit:
> Maybe. But as American English seems to voice all intervocalic plosives,
Eh? We still know the difference between ripping and ribbing, or
between locking and logging! It's only the /t/ vs. /d/ distinction
that's neutralized by making them into a voiced alveolar flap.
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