Re: Lateral/Central vs Apical/Laminal/Dorsal
| From: | John Vertical <johnvertical@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 19, 2005, 12:00 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Chris Bates wrote:
>As far as I know, laterals are distinct from the apical/laminal/dorsal
>distinction. I think you can have both apical and laminal laterals for
>example...
OK, time to elaborate a little.
Lateral/central refers to the location of the point of occlusion along the
sideways axis, right? (POA being horizontal and degree of occlusion
vertical.) I've also gathered that "apical" involves the tip of the tongue
and "laminal" the part behind it; but given that the tip of the tongue is
rather small, I'm not sure if apical centrals are possible at all? I can
differentiate [l_a] and [l_m], but when I try [r\_a] (regular [r\] is
laminal, isn't it?), I end up with [r\_m] co-pronounced with [l_a].
I'm wondering if eg [s_a] would actually be [K_a] then...
Also, is there laminal/apical style contrast for dorsals, and if not, what
is the "dorsal" diacritic supposed to convey?
John Vertical
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