Re: THEORY: language and the brain [Interesting article]
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 1, 2003, 19:17 |
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Tristan wrote:
> [v_0] is lax, [f] is fortis, both are unvoiced. What's the difference
> between lax and fortis you ask? I'm not entirely sure.
I'm curious too, because, AFAICT, in my pronunciation, at least, there
is no difference whatsoever between [f] and [v] beyond voicing, so I'm
wondering if I'm simply pronouncing them both as fortis, or both as lax,
i.e., [v] and [v_0] or [f] and [f_v]
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