Re: Lateral/vowel coarticulation
| From: | Jeffrey Jones <jsjonesmiami@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, February 16, 2009, 18:59 |
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:14:54 -0600, Eric Christopherson
<rakko@...> wrote:
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>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.
Jeff
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