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Re: Why Consonants?

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Saturday, February 17, 2007, 20:56
On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:47 AM, T. A. McLeay wrote:
> There's also the concept of "vocoids" and "contoids" which allow for a > less circular definition, but I'm pretty sure [l, r\] (and all > approximants) are classified as "vocoids" in that system, yet they're > usually *not* nuclei.
Out of curiosity, why "contoid" rather than *"consoid"?

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R A Brown <ray@...>