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Fricative Nasal Aspiration (was: Re: IPA griefs)

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 24, 2000, 2:59
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:57:06 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
writes:
> That was in fact the first time I actually realized there was a big > difference between aspirates and non-aspirates -- although my own L1 > has > the difference, I had internalized it so much that I don't notice > it. I > suspect that's the same for L1 English speakers -- they've > internalized > the lack of difference between /p/ and /p<h>/ so much (because > English > doesn't differentiate between them) that they find it hard to > "hear". > > > T
- This reminded me of something i noticed recently. I tried to aspirate a few fricatives, such as /s/, /f/, and /x/, and the puff of air comes out my *nose* instead of my mouth. Is this normal for aspirated fricatives? -Stephen (Steg) "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there." ~ _jonathan livingston seagull_