Re: Aspirated stops vs. fricatives (was Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post))
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 30, 1998, 5:53 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> ACK! Yeah, I messed up those examples. I think the difference between
> initial and final /k/ is not aspiration, but point of articulation.
> The /k/ in "kill" is more uvular than the one in "pack" or something.
/k/ in kill *is* aspirated. The /k/ in pack, as Tom Wier has already
pointed out, is unreleased. Actually, the /k/ in "kill" *is* pronounced
at a somewhat more forward position than "pack" or "code", it's
partially palatized.