Re: Re: bad phonetics makes the Style Invitational

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Perhaps the lady was from Long Island.

In a message dated 5/21/03 10:47:35 AM, GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU writes:


> It's bad phonologically too assuming the 'she' is an English speaker -
> aren't alveolar nasals unlikely before velar stops given nasal
> assimilation?
> And when was the last time Chomsky wrote anything about phonetics?
>
> >>> >>>She moaned. It was a low, yearnful moan. Not a moan that Chomsky
> would describe as a dental fricative, but more as an alveolar nasal
> followed by a velar stop.
> (Toby Hansen, Lyndhurst, Ohio)
>