From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 31138
Date: 2004-02-17
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From: "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: [tied] Labilised Dentals (was: On *s & *sW, the 3ps and yes, even
Semitic)
> Isn't there a better name for these labialised dentals?
How about "dWentals"? :-) Of course "labialised dentals" is the correct
technical term, and it shouldn't be abbrieviated. "Labiovelar" for [kW] etc.
is technically incorrect from the point of view of modern phonetic
terminology, but at least it's a time-honoured misnomer, like "laryngeal". A
purist might insist that doubly articulated stops like [k_p] are
(bi)labial-velar rather than labiovelar (which could be construed as
describing an impossible articulation, with the lower lip touching the soft
palate).
Piotr