Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> Henrik Theiling wrote:>Hi!
> >
> > > > From my (limited) experience, German {schw} is normally realized as
> >[Sv_0],
> >
> >I never noticed this, but the [_0] seems to be true for me!  It is
> >different from [Sf] as I always thought it was [Sv] (so definitely the
> >/v/-phoneme).
> >
> I'm thinking that the phonemic difference between German /f/ and /v/ is
> fortis vs lenis, not unvoiced vs voiced. Don't take my word for it tho' -
> perhaps you know some German phonetician you could ask?
To clarify: one is pronounced more forcefully than the other?
Could be...it sounds like it could be right, but I haven't heard a
fluent/native speaker of German in quite a long time.  D'you know, I'm
still on good terms with my German TA from last semester.  I'll drop her
an email and ask if she knows, or knows where I can find out.  :-)

YHL