Raymond Brown wrote:
> Sorry - I'm confused.
>
> Are you proposing a third category:
> approximant = continuant with no friction at all
> approximate = continuant with little or no friction
My apologies, that was a typo. I meant "approximant".
> FWIW I have no objection to [j_0] being described as a devoiced or unvoiced
> approximant. It could be helpful in some descriptions. But does this
> sound ever occur with discrete phonemic status?
I wouldn't be surprised if it did. /w_0/ does in some dialects.
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