Re: Your first "linguistic" memory

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:48:27 +0100: Ruud Harmsen
<realemailseesite13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

>Portuguese <s> is [s] initially, [z] medially, and [S] finally (but
>many speakers in Brazil have [s], though not all). Seperate /S/ and
>/z/ phonemes also exist. What phoneme model is correct?

Moreover, /s/ = [s] can also exist between vowels, written <ss> or
<ç>.
And <ch> and <x> are also [S], regardless of position, except that <x>
sometimes (always?) behaves more or less (but not quite) like final
<s>, viz. in initial <exC> (C = any consonant).


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