Re: [cybalist] Balto and Slavic Rs.

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 2036
Date: 2000-04-04

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 7:51 AM
Subject: Odp: Odp: [cybalist] Odp: Balto and Slavic Rs.


>
> Sorry for using technical slang here. An "articulatory
> gesture" is an action performed by a movable speech. A
> "palatal gesture" of the body of the tongue consists in
its
> movement towards the hard palate (as if you intended to
> articulate a fron vowel) to produce a resonance (or
> "colour") resembling the sound of [i].
>
> Piotr

For "movable speech" read "movable speech organ". Sorry.

Piotr