Re: Sanskrit pronounciation sources

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:21:04 -0500: me <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in
sci.lang:

The glottis is a little more than half open. Voicing is modal (most strong)
when the glottis is half open. Look up the table with degrees of voicing -
increasing from voiceless to breathy to slack to modal voicing and then
decreasing again as the glottis is closed further than halfway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonation

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creaky_voice, which may be the
phonomenon I talked about several times as happening in American
English (and also in Hungarian), but which I didn't understand the
articulatory nature of. Perhaps if I read the descriptions again I
will.
They say here it happens at the start of a sentence, but I often also
hear it at the end.

Like happens so often, wikipedia describes these many different but
related issues in a rather clear and unconfusing manner.
PTD misses a lot by ignoring this rich source of information. But
that's his choice. Living with blinkers/blinders on makes some people
happy. Not me.

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Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com
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