Re: THEORY: clicks

<< Also, about clicks. They say, for example, that a bilabial click is whenyou
make the kissing sound. But what about when you make a poppingsound with both
your lips? They're two very different sounds,yet...represented bythe same
symbol? The same goes for the alveolar and post-alveolarclicks.
>>
I'm not sure, but I've always thought the bilabial click to be moresimilar to the
popping sound (which can be more adequately describedas a "smack" than a kiss,
in my opinion).
I must have read it somewhere but forgotten where...
Imperative
>>>
Officially the bilabial click is a popping sound.
At least, during phonology class that was stressed very much.
A friend of my did research on clicks in Hatsa and he
reported that the bilibial clicks there had a lot of friction,
as if "kissing in the air".

Rob