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Re: THEORY: language and the brain [Interesting article]

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 21:31
En réponse à Mark J. Reed :


>Speaking of Japanese phonology - I originally thought, based on the book >I was using, that /u/ was, in fact, pronounced [u]. But then upon >listening to some Japanese speech, I decided it was [y] instead. Now, >after listening to much more Japanese, I have decided it's actually >[M]. Am I right yet? Are two or more of the above allophonic >variants?
It's indeed [M] (my Japanese teacher was very specific on it, and she is Japanese herself :))) ). I find personally [M] much easier to devoice after voiceless consonants (like in words like "desu", so that they nearly sound as "dess" :)) ) than [u]. Maybe because [u] is a common sound in my L1 and it's never devoiced in French :)) . Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.