LL-L "Phonetics" 2004.12.30 (03) [E]

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Onderwerp: Phonetics
Van: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>


Hi Jim and all

Jim, you asked:

"But what are l vocalization, and intervocalic t and d
flapping?  And where is r vocalization disappearing in
America"

L-vocalisation is when an l becomes like a w, or when
the tongue tip no longer touches the top of the mouth
in the production of the sound.

T and d flapping are when words like 'latter' and
'ladder' are pronounced the same (or very similar)
with the middle letter sounding very much like a d
(although a kind of shortened or flapped d).

And r vocalisation (or dropping) is something - as far
as I'm aware - that has low esteem in the States.
People in the Northeast and Southeast of the States
traditionally drop their r's. However, because it's
'frowned' upon, younger people are tending now not to
drop their r's as much. It is still dropped to a
certain extent, but it's a feature which I'm afraid is
probably going to die out in the next couple of
generations, and maybe become restricted to certain
ethnic groups.

Sorry I didn't explain them before - I get a bit
carried away with geeky linguistic terminology at
times... :)

Gary

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