Re: Lateral/vowel coarticulation

On Feb 16, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Jeffrey Jones wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:14:54 -0600, Eric Christopherson
> <rakko@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, folks. I've been wondering for a long time if any languages
>> feature coarticulation of laterals (e.g. /l/) and vowels. I seem to
>> be able to produce these, and they sound somewhat distinct, although
>> not as distinct as other vowels; but I've searched and never found
>> any mention of this occurring in natural languages (either phonemicly
>> or allophonicly).
>
> Even though they're easy to pronounce, I don't remember seeing
> anything
> either, unless velarized or palatalized laterals count.
>
>> However (and this is what prompted me to ask this now), I was just
>> reading about Hmong, and it has labials and dentals with (dental)
>> lateral release. I have never heard a consonant with lateral release;
>> would the vowel following a consonant with lateral release sound like
>> what I described above?
>
> Not for the typical /tK)/ type sound. I don't know about Hmong.
That's not a case of lateral release, AFAIK.