Re: Hellenish oddities

Raymond Brown tleiseiç:
> But the combo [p't'] becomes IMO trickier than the one I've described
> above.  I can see (and experience) how glottalic friction can be
> momentarily interrupted by a secondar closure [t]; I do not see how a
> glottalic closure can be so interrupted.
When I make that combo, I do it thus:
1.  Labial closure
2.  Glottal closure
3.  Glottis raised
4.  Labial opening
5.  Glottis (still closed) lowered
6.  Alveolar closure
7.  Glottis raised
8.  Alveolar opening
9.  Glottal opening

I don't know if that's the way they do it, of course.

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