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Re: C-IPA underlying principles and methods

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Thursday, February 27, 2003, 7:56
From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>

| En réponse à Danny Wier <dawier@...>:
|
| >
| > Basque also distinguishes dental /s[/ from alveolar /s/,
|
| I thought both s in Basque were alveolar, one being apical and the
other
| laminal?

I see conflicting descriptions. Larry Trask has your description;
another says "alveolar" and "back alveolar". I remember seeing dental
vs. alveolar somewhere in a book.

Also, the bridge below /s/ that I had should be inverted.