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

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.