Re: Work in progress - Phonology

Quoting Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:

> > Labiodental Fricative:  f, v
> > Dental Fricative:  T, D
> > Alveolar Nasal:  n', n
> >             Stop:  t, d
> >             Fricative:  s
> >             Approximant:  r', r
> >             Lateral:  l', l
> > Palato-alveolar Fricative:  s
>
> How do you distinguish between alveolar and palato-alveolar then?
> Also, is there any reason why those two plus velar nasal and
> fricative do not distinguish voice?
It's perhaps worth mentioning that English is very odd in
distinguishing so many fricatives, both voiced and unvoiced
at so many different places of articulation.  One less fricative
in his system there makes it more typologically unremarkable.
(Naturally, this should not prevent him from doing so, if he
wishes.)

> > And though it goes without saying, my favourite genre is Fantasy, and
> > my favourite Fantasy author is Tolkien.
>
> Doesn't go without saying at all.  :-)  I rarely read fantasy, for
> example.  I prefer sci fi.
Indeed.  I rarely read either (although I'm planning to
read _The Fellowship of the Rings_ this break), and usually
read nonfiction -- linguistic theory, history, philosophy on
down in about that order.

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