Re: Infant Conphonology

Staving Andreas Johansson:
>Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:
>
> > My son, age 6 months, seems to be a fertile source of new phones,
> > unrecognized by the IPA.  Most recently I've noticed a
> > bilabio-latero-velar affricate, which I guess would be [bl)G)], though I
> > normally just transcribe it as "blg".  It occurs in his favorite
> > exclamation, [bl)G)a:], though his normal conversational register so far
> > consists solely of [ba] repeated over and over . . .
>
>And people told me my sublimino-velar trill was weird ...
>
>                                                    Andreas
What, a velar trill that subtly affects people's behaviour, even though
they aren't aware of it? That is wierd.

Pete

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