Re: A question for the ejective gurus: strong~weak ejectives

Paul Roser wrote:
my understanding is that a language with
> ejectives either has tense ejectives or lax ones. I don't recall all of
> the
> characteristics that distinguish the two types, but one that I do recall
> is
> that tense ejectives have a longer gap between stop release and glottal
> release, and a longer Voice Onset Time, while lax ejectives have a very
> short gap (or none at all).
>
Sounds like the tense variety might be analyzed as a geminate stop closure
with ejective release. Theoretically I'd think you could hold the
glottis+stop closure till you needed to breathe again :-))

Or maybe the glottis closes first, then the stop (held) then the
simultaneous release.