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Re: What is gemination? What are geminates?

From:Carlos Thompson <carlos_thompson@...>
Date:Friday, November 10, 2000, 2:10
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> > pata /pA:.t@/ [p_hA:.t@] > > Why isn't {pata} [p_hA:t_h@]?
Well, voiceless stops only aspirate when in a stressed syllable (or when geminated after a stress syllable). -- Carlos Th