Re: Learning a language
From: Rex F. May (rex.may_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/05/04
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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:23:39 GMT
in article m3oen0qgte.fsf@mika.informatik.uni-freiburg.de, LEE Sau Dan at
danlee@informatik.uni-freiburg.de wrote on 7/1/04 2:20 AM:
>>>>>> "Rex" == Rex F May <rex.may@comcast.net> writes:
>
> Rex> After everything else, too, isn't it? 'xi' involves no
> Rex> change in tongue position, at least. It seems to me that
> Rex> Mandarin hates to change mouth position within a word.
>
> Yeah. I have that impression, too. So, don't pronounce "shi" with
> rounded lips. A Mandarin speaker says "shi" with the lips wide open
> throughout the whole syllable.
>
I can see that. Pursing the lips would probably result in a following vowel
somewhat similar to umlaut-u.
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