Re: What is gemination? What are geminates?

Carlos Thompson wrote:
> Would that [t't_h] combination count as geminated?
Yes.  When stops and affricates are geminated, there is no release
between the first and second parts, e.g., geminated [t] would be [tt],
[tS] would be [ttS], and [t_h] would be [tt_h]

>   patt  /pat:/   [p_hat't_h] or [p_hat_h:]
That's not a geminate, since it's in a single syllable.

>   pata  /pA:.t@/ [p_hA:.t@]
Why isn't {pata} [p_hA:t_h@]?

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