Re: Lateral Plosive

I bet, before you composed this response, Paul, that you were making, as was
I, all sorts of peculiar sounds that scared the cat.  :)

Sal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bennett" <paul-bennett@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: Lateral Plosive


> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:01:31 -0800, bob thornton <arcanesock@...>
> wrote:
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>> Is it humanly possible to have a lateral plosive?
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> AIUI, "lateral" means (in part) incomplete closure (gaps along each side
> of the tongue) and "plosive" means (in part) complete closure (at any
> given POA), so the two terms are mutually exclusive. OTOH, you can have a
> prelateralised plosive and a plosive with lateral release, and indeed a
> prelateralised plosive with lateral release, so you can get pretty damn
> close accoustically and articulatorily. Close enough IMO that "lateral
> plosive" would be a plausible terminological shortcut, as long as you
> explained it in full somewhere.
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> Paul
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