Re: [tied] Polish sibilants [was: Slavic palatalistions: why /c^/,

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:52:45 +0200, Miguel Carrasquer
<mcv@...> wrote:

>as is in the case with laminal /s/, or at the
>alveolar ridge, as is the case with apical /s/ (both types
>of /s/ also lack a sublingual cavity and/or lip-rounding,
>which contributes to the acoustic difference).

Apical /s/ of course obligatorily has a sublingual cavity,
but it's perhaps too big to have much acoustic effect (it
may explain why apical /s/ is percieved to be slightly more
hushing than laminal /s/).


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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