Re: Describing the Welsh LL to non-linguists
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 14, 2008, 18:43 |
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> R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
> {scratches head} Isn't a voiced approximant lateral just plain ol'
> [l]?
From my reading of the X-sampa chart, there are three phonemes
involved here:
/l/ = alveolar lateral approximant. The chart doesn't mention it,
but I assume it is voiced. I assume, also that this could be
dental, /l_d/.
/K/ = voiceless alveolar lateral fricative. This is the Welsh sound
in question, right?
/K\/ = voiced alveolar lateral fricative.
My question is: Can a difference actually be heard between /l/
and /K\/?
The consonants in Senjecas consist of 12 pairs of voiced and
unvoiced phonemes. Since /l/ is voiced, I have been using /l_0/
for the unvoiced counterpart. Ideally, I use l-stroke for the
sound. If that's not available, then <lh>.
Would /K/ be equally accurate? Is there a difference between /K/
and /l_0/?
Charlie
Lord, I hope I wrote all those symbols correctly!
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