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Re: THEORY: phonemes and Optimality Theory tutorial

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, November 16, 2000, 4:21
Carlos Thompson wrote:
> In Spanish, flapped /r/ and trilled /rr/ only contrast in intervocalic > positions not begining a word. In codas the consonant is always > trilled.
Interesting. My Spanish dictionary said that <r> is pronounced as a trill "at the beginning of a word, or in the middle of a word and preceded by l, n, or s" and as a tap "at the end of a word, or in the middle of a word and not preceded by l, n, or s", so it gave <forma>, <deber>, <otro>, <pero> as having the tap pronunciation. Does the pronunciation of <r> vary from region to region? Or perhaps by age group? Or is my dictionary just completely wrong? -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor