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Re: Gripping phonology (long)

From:Alex Fink <000024@...>
Date:Monday, December 22, 2008, 23:56
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:38:04 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

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>but it's fascinating.
Thanks!
>2) what do you mean by wrist vs elbow rotation? Wrists don't rotate >around their axis except by means of the elbow. Do you mean yaw >instead of roll?
I don't think I mean yaw, not if we regard the palm as the part of the hand facing forward. With that frame of reference both the wrist and elbow motions are achieving roll. Do you have a suggestion for a better name for it? Alex