Re: compactness of consonants

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Jakobson's compact/diffuse distinction is problematic when applied

to

> consonants.

...

> My impression is that nowadays few phonologists attach any

importance

> to compact/diffuse as a consonantal feature.
>

Thank you very much for your comment. You saved me from dementation -
it seemes I was trying to find a reason for what just didn't have one.

Sergei