Retroflexion [was: McWhorter on "Negro English"]

[Herb Stahlke]

I think that's the one.  Right now his web site isn't available.
Thanks for the reference.

Herb

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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.
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>> Herb
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