Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology
| From: | SuomenkieliMaa <suomenkieli@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 1, 2001, 12:17 |
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--- Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, SuomenkieliMaa wrote:
>
> > Oh, a note in passing, I mentioned last time the
> > Korean "l"... and albeit I'm in a professional
> > linguist in that I would know all terminology,
> because
> > I do not, I do pay attention perhaps to the degree
> of
> > a pro linguist to spoken language; and to me, the
> > Korean "l" as I term it, appears mostly at the end
> of
> > words (like "han-gul" or "il-bon") where the "l"
> > stresses itself throughout the listener's eardrum.
> > That sound, I for one love.
>
> That particular sound is an allophone of Korean "r"
> in the position you
> mention. :-) Try to get a Korean to pronounce "l"
> at the *beginning* of
> a syllable and you'll probably get Korean "r"...
>
> YHL
I'm sure you are right, but I think the Korean r/l has
more "character" (ie, chic sound) over the Japanese
pseudo-r/l!
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