Re: Lïzxvööse Verbs I: ActiveTri-Consonantals
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 13, 2001, 2:22 |
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D Tse wrote:
> There's a quote from a language called Taba in which initial geminates are
> very common; geminate-ungeminate pairs sometimes differentiating very
> similar concepts.
>
> "tala [to meet]
> ttala [we (inc) meet]
But, wouldn't that be long consonant, rather than actually "geminates"?
I was under the impression that geminate was defined as spanning a
syllable break, and "long consonant" as not.
> Quoting the relevant section - "Phrase-initial geminates are realized in
> _careful_ speech with a greater degree of tension and more articulatory
> force ..." then it goes on to say that in casual speech they're articulated
> the same as ungeminated consonants.
Interesting. What about phrase-medially?
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