raccoon@ELKNET.NET wrote:
> > IMHO [h] can also be regarded as one of several glottal
> > configurations with
> > which any oral configuration can be combined to articulate sound. Thus
> > corresponding to e.g. [t th d] with dentalveolar closure we get
[<silence>
> > h @] without any oral obstruction.
>
> Are you saying that [d] involves coarticulation of something like [@]
> (nonsyllabic perhaps)?
Well, yes, but I think that "coarticulation of something like [@]" is
usually called "voicing."
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