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Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, June 5, 2003, 14:31
On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:37:29PM +0200, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> >Okay, when I try to make that distinction I get [mAk:A] vs. [mAk::A] > >or [mAk@kA], with a very short [@] in the last example. > > You need to train more then ;))) . Luckily, I've had some training when I > once tried to learn Italian. Its geminates taught me to pronounce geminates > without inserting a schwa in between.
I have no trouble pronouncing geminates without inserting a schwa - unless I'm consciously trying to insert a mora, which as no place to go when it's just an extended stop. :)
> (it has to > do with the modulation of the energy used to pronounce a syllable. A > syllable break means the energy rises again to the onset level).
Ah! Now that I can understand and reproduce. Merci beaucoups. -Mark

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