Re: C-IPA underlying principles and methods
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 27, 2003, 9:13 |
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En réponse à "Isaac A. Penzev" <isaacp@...>:
>
> When I was taking a Basque course at the Uni, I got the impression
> that
> Basque /z/ was Russian /s/, and Basque /s/ was Spanish /s/, whatever
> their
> pinpoint is. And they clearly sound differently to my ear.
>
Well, in my booklet of Basque Basque |s| is Spanish |s| and Basque |z| is
French |s|. And I don't think the French |s| is dental (I pronounce it clearly
alveolar). And I normally don't hear the difference between the French and the
Spanish |s|.
Christophe.
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