Re: clan of the cave bear conlang
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 8, 2000, 5:12 |
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Paul&Kathy wrote:
> H. neanderthalenis (?) would probably not have had as good breath
> control as later species (all control from the diaphram (sp?),
> nothing from the pharynx or larynx). Utterances are likely to have
> been very short, probably stress, tone and tenseness (and poss.
> length?) would not have been phonemic. Also, they'd have been
> fairly strictly timed to the natural breath rhythm.
How could they know whether or not that's so? What clues would there be
as to how finely they could control their breathing?
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