Re: The pronunciation of post-velars (was Re: [tied] *kW- "?")

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:13:38 +0000, david_russell_watson
<liberty@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "david_russell_watson" <liberty@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> I just went to the mirror and pronounced what I've always
>> called a "uvular fricative" and my uvula was clearly bent
>> forward, laying in a slight depression at the back of the
>> tongue,
>
>Correction: I just looked again and I see that a groove
>was formed in the back of the tongue only for a uvular
>trill, which I tried out at the same time, but not for
>the fricative. The pronunciation of the fricative seems
>to involve a rounded, not furrowed, hump forming in the
>back of the tongue and pressing up against the uvula.
>The uvula is still bent forward, however, and involved
>in obstructing the air flow.

It doesn't really matter if the uvula is bent forward or
not. Places of articulation are generally named after the
passive articulator. The teeth, alveolum and the hard and
soft palate aren't going anywhere when dental, alveolar,
palatal and velar sounds are produced.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...