Re: Phoneme winnowing continues
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 5, 2003, 14:31 |
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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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