Re: Spanish ll in different dialects

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:35:21 -0400, Ben Poplawski
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> The teacher of Spanish 102 when I took it at the local community college was
> a native of Andalucia who had done doctorate work in España. She pronounced
> her "ll" and "y" as [dZ]. And of course she had the exaggerated "ci, ce, z"
> [T] (exaggerated for my native American ears).
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> Ben
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Exaggerated? How so? Meaning she put extra force on z and c before i and e?

I had a teacher from Spain who would pronounce /T/ at the same level
as we pronounce it in English.



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