Re: Ant: Palatovelars: RTR, ATR, Uvulurized, Pharyngealized

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, tomhchappell wrote:

>As I thought I understood it, "uvularize" involves the _back_ of the
>tongue (as the mobile articulator) , not the _root_.  (Where the
>parts of the tongue run, very roughly and leaving out a lot of
>detail, "front", "center", "back", "root".)  The part of the tongue
>referred to as "root" cannot touch the uvula, but the part referred
>to as "back" can touch either the uvula or the velum -- as I thought
>I understood it.
Oh! Alright then. I was not aware that root" is separate from "back".

Yet, 2 questions follow:


>"Retracted tongue root" (RTR) means to narrow the pharynx by pulling
>back the root of the tongue closer to the back of the
>pharynx; "advanced tongue root" (ATR) means to widen the pharynx by
>pushing the root of the tongue the other way, away from the back of
>the pharynx.
1. How does this relate to generic "pharyngealized"?
2. What does this have to do with semivowels?!? (/1_q/ was suggested as the
semivowel corresponding with /1/.)

John Vertical

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