Re: Difference between semivowel and consonant



14 Dec 2006 14:54:34 -0800: "ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx"
<ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

That is, if French Jean may be described with SAMPA [j\],

Is it? That's [Z], no? [j\] is what occurs in Modern Greek for <gamma
- iota - vowel >. Sounds very different. In that langauge, /j\/ can be
distinct from /j/, as Harry Foundalis explains here:
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/lan/grphdetl.htm .

(The funny part starts near "empty boxes").

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