Re: [h] approximations (was: /s/ -> /h/ )
| From: | Vasiliy Chernov <bc_@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 1, 2000, 14:47 |
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:44:21 +0100, Christophe Grandsire
<Christophe.Grandsire@...> wrote:
>At 07:48 01/02/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>I thought of an example:
>>
>>How will you describe English *wh* - in those varieties of English
>>where 'wet' and 'whet' are not homonymous?
>>
>
> AFAIK, it is /w_0/, an unvoiced labiovelar approximant. But there
may be
>other realisations of it.
This is exactly what I meant: It may be a clearer example of *voiceless
approximants*.
IMO, if any friction exists in this sound, it is apparently not produced
by the bilabial articulation.
Basilius