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Re: Lateral/Central vs Apical/Laminal/Dorsal

From:John Vertical <johnvertical@...>
Date:Sunday, June 19, 2005, 12:00
--- 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 _________________________________________________________________ Nopeampi kuin sähköposti. Henkilökohtaisempi kuin chat. Lataa ilmainen MSN Messenger. http://messenger.msn.fi Lataa nyt koneellesi ilmainen MSN Messenger.

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