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Re: THEORY: Vibrant/tremulant?

From:Kelly Drinkwater <mizunomi@...>
Date:Sunday, July 15, 2007, 19:15
How does that even work? Does the tongue vibrate really rapidly, under
its own power? If so, sir, I congratulate you on having an
extraordinarily dextrous tongue.
-Alioth

On 7/15/07, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Would either of these be a correct or acceptable English term for a continuant > where the tongue tip vibrates, but unlike in [r], does not strike the mouth > roof during the upstroke? Also, how should one indicate it in phonetic > transcription if one wanted to distinguish it from static apical approximants > and fricatives? > > Andreas >

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