Re: Name barbarisms
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 15, 2001, 6:21 |
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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 09:48:20PM +0200, BP Jonsson wrote:
> At 20:44 2001-05-14 +0200, Henrik Theiling wrote:
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> >Hmm, my Icelandic book says it should be /pj2t_nn_0/. Which one
> >is correct then?
>
> It is a matter of different transcriptions of the Icelandic initial
> voiceless unaspirated stops. Since the lack of aspiration is more crucial
> than the lack of voicing most speakers of other Germanic languages would be
> best off pronouncing these sounds voiced. The same goes for final _f, ð,
> g_. Thus quoth my Icelandic Icelandic teacher.
So (forgive me if it's been asked a thousand times before), is the
distinction in Icelandic mainly aspirated/unaspirated? Or tense/lax?
--
Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
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