6.610, Affricates

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-610. Tue 25 Apr 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 34
 
Subject: 6.610, Affricates
 
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Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 12:06:09 -0500 (EST)
From: MARC PICARD (PICARD at VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA)
Subject: Re: 6.600, Affricates
 
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Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 12:06:09 -0500 (EST)
From: MARC PICARD (PICARD at VAX2.CONCORDIA.CA)
Subject: Re: 6.600, Affricates
 
        As a native speaker of French and English, I can assert with the
utmost confidence that there is absolutely no phonetic difference between
French *tch* and English *ch* in any environment. I'm also extremely
suspicious of any purported difference between [t+S]/[tS] in any language.
 
Marc Picard
 
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