Re: Chinese Dialect Question
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 1, 2003, 18:31 |
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On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 05:50:32PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > It may come out as [h] or as something
> > between [x] and [S] (like German whichever-ch-laut-isn't /x/), but
> > never [j].
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> That's [C]. A palatal fricative, I believe.
That's it. Thanks. And [x] is ach-laut and [C] is ich-laut, right?
> Something odd. I've noticed my Spanish teacher pronounce initial /t/ as
> [T]. The Spanish she speaks, I believe, is Chilean. Anything know about
> this?
Hm. I don't think I've ever spoken with a Chilean, so I don't know
if that's typical or not. Is it really a [T], or is it just an
interdental [t]? I've encountered the latter a lot, but not the former.
-Mark
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