Re: An Introduction to C'ali: Phonology
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 5, 2002, 19:57 |
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At 11:59 PM -0500 8/4/02, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
>The only real oddity is that C'ali distinguishes between
>aspirated and unaspirated glottalized stops;
This is odd. Aspiration is usually taken to be the result of an
active vocal fold abduction gesture; this has the result of delaying
VOT. Glottalization is the result of an adductive vocal fold gesture.
So what you seem to be suggesting here is that the vocal folds
simultaneously spread and constrict, which is not possible. Perhaps
these are really clusters of aspirated stop and /?/ or glottalized
stop and /h/.
Dirk
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