Re: USAGE: Schwa and syllabification
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 12, 2004, 20:03 |
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:29:43PM -0500, jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM
wrote:
> Well, I can generate sound for a while by setting the vocal chords to
> "voiced" and holding the velar closure. Eventually the pressure
> behind the closure gets to be too great to continue voicing, but I
> would estimate I can hold it for at least 1/2 second. The same with
> [d=], and [b=] can go on for several seconds until my cheeks fill.
True enough.
> Whether these are speech sounds is another matter.
Right. I certainly don't hear them as such.
-Mark