Re: Emphatics
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 10, 1999, 22:04 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
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> Can anyone explain to me what "emphatic" consonants are in Arabic?
> I've heard "pharyngealized" but I'm not totally sure what that means.
Emphatic is a term used for Semetic languages, exactly what they are
varies from language to language.
Pharygealized means that the sound is co-articulated with a pharyngeal
glide. That is, while you make a /t/, for instance, the very back of
the tongue is brought closer to the back of the throat.
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