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Re: Lenition

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, June 24, 2002, 20:36
En réponse à JS Bangs <jaspax@...>:

> > I think this is backwards. In your most natural state the vocal cords > are > relaxed and voiceless--this is equivalent to silent breathing. When > you > begin to make a speech-gesture, they constrict into the voiced state, > and > voiceless sounds are performed by re-relaxing the vocal cords. >
Then you must have extremely strange vocal chords which are stiff at rest state. You just *cannot* have relaxed vocal chords which don't vibrate as soon as you breathe! I am perfectly aware of what happens in my throat, and I am perfectly sure that the rest statr of the vocal chords is indeed relaxed, and that it is in that state that they vibrate naturally to make voiced sounds. And I do have to stiffen them to prevent the vibration and get voiceless sounds. Constricting the vocal chords produces creaky voice with me, which is something completely different. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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