Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]

[Neal Whitman]

That must be David Durian's research. Here's a link to a page giving an
overview of the study; follow the one live link at 2007b for the study
you're thinking of.
http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~ddurian/CLCC/CLCC_20.html

Neal
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> I read a paper several years ago by someone from Ohio State presenting
> an acoustic study of /s/ before /(C)r/.  He found a lot of variation
> between retroflex /s/ and palato-alveolar /S/.  Unfortunately, I don't
> have the publication information on the paper.
>
> Herb

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