Re: Allophones Question
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 14:00 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> Not really. Castillian Spanish has neither /D/ nor /G/. It has [D] and [G] as
> allophones respectively of /d/ and /g/ between vowels, but not as phonemes.
[d] and [g] could be said to be allophones of /D/ and /G/, as [d] is
only used word-initially, or after /n/ or /l/, while /G/ is only used
word-initially or after /n/. The fricative pronunciations are more
common than the stop, thus /D/ and /G/ could very well be called the
basic phoneme. Ultimately, it's just a matter of labeling.
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