Re: question on vowel tensing, fronting, backing, ect.
| From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 1:42 |
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On Dec 11, 2007, at 3:46 PM, David J. Peterson wrote, speaking of
Arabic /a/:
>> After /r/, /l/ (most of the time), /?\/, /H/, /q/, /t_?\/, /d_?\/,
>> /D_?\/, and /s_?\/ you get [A].
>>
>> After /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/, /s/, /S/, /z/, /Z/, /h/, /x/, /m/, /n/,
>> /D/, /T/, /j/, /w/, /l/ (sometimes), /G/, /?/, and /f/ you get [&].
>
Is it my imagination, or is the back version rounded a little? (Maybe
it is just me; if I try hard to produce an [A] as far back as I can,
I tend to round my lips somewhat involuntarily.)