Re: Cat phonemes
| From: | Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 18, 2007, 18:40 |
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--- Matthew Martin <matthewdeanmartin@...> wrote:
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> In my references I have to links that say linguists have identified
> 15-23 phonemes [1] [2] that cats use-- but unfortunately no tidy
> lists, at least none I can find for free on the net.
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Don't forget that whatever phoneme they are pronouncing, they can also
pronounce it while purring, which sounds quite different, giving twice as many
effective phonemes.
--gary
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