Re: Lateral/vowel coarticulation

Hallo!

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:56:19 -0800, Roger Mills wrote:

> Jörg Rhiemeier/Eric Christopherson wrote:
> [...]
> > It works with other vowels as well.  It needs some
> > practice,
> > but it works - you can pronounce [l] simultaneously with
> > *any*
> > vowel, and you do get an audible difference.
>
> Aha, I think I've figured out what y'all are doing?? Put the tongue in
> position for [l] (tip against the alv.ridge, sides down-- if you just add
> voicing, you get an [l] but--), then pronounce a vowel sound. Yes it works;
> the vowel quality is odd (sort of muffled) because, of course, the shape of
> the oral cavity is different from the shape it has in the usual vowel
> articulation.  Is that it????
Yes, that is it, as far as I am concerned.

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