Re: THEORY: Articulatory phonetics (was Re: THEORY: unergative)

In a message dated 2004:02:22 07:32:43 PM, hmiller@IO.COM writes:

>[...]Basically, listen to as
>many languages as you can find samples of. Every language has its own
>sounds, and even something as basic as "t" is pronounced differently
>from one language to another.
    IMMostHO, the sounds in contact languages - pidgins and creoles - are
some of the most fascinating and eclectic (::nudge-nudge, wink-wink:: eclectic
like Eklektu, ::thumbs up, American-style, not Hong Kong::: hehe).
    Example: the strangely, juicy sound 'tween /s/ and /dZ/ as written _s_ in
Tok Pisin...excuse my synaesthesia...but some languages jus' have some mighty
tasty licks ::drools licks lips::

>[...] But this is getting to be a lengthy post as it is, so I'll get back to
>these later.
    *argh*... and ya were doin' a great job just gettin' started too . . .

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warp... linguistic (R)evolutions mark each-&-every quantum leap...

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a chapter on pidgins & creoles, John McWhorter,
_The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language_

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