Re: Portuguese lingual r

Ekkehard Dengler wrote:

to the simplistic ideia that there must either be an [ow]/[o]
opposition or an [o]/[o] merger, but no other possibility.
An opposition either exists or it doesn't

Let me rephrase that: two pronunciations either are different or they
aren't. I wasn't really talking about the system, but about phonetic
reality.

Do you mean you weren't saying that /ow/ -> /o/, but just that at least /ow/ -> [o] <- /o/, neutralisation-like? (In general, I find phonemical analysis dauting.)

I'm still hoping someone comes up with a list of r varieties.
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António Marques
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