LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.04.31 (06) [E]

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2005.04.31 (03) [E]

Thanks Dan, but I'm not sure I understand it completely. What is the
difference between <t> and <d> in this fortis-lenis opposition? Is there a
difference at all, word initially - are there Austrian dialects that e.g.
have 'Dee' for German 'Tee' etc? And what about <k> vs. <g> or <p> vs. <b>?
Ingmar

>Dan Prohaska wrote:
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>Ingmar,
>Eastern Austrian dialects do not aspirate <p t k> either. Rather than a
>voiced/voiceless opposition there is a fortis/lenis opposition. <t> and
><d>apart from force of articulation are also kept separate by the length
>of the preceding vowel (if there is one). In initial position High German
><t> and <d> are difficult to differentiate. There is no aspiration here.
>So if your girlfriend said <dee> in Dutch for "tea", she will most likely
>also have said <dee> in German as well as her eastern Austrian dialect.
>Actually this <d> is an un-aspirated [t].
>Dan

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