Re: Portuguese lingual r

Ruud Harmsen wrote:
Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:44:57 -0700 (PDT): António Marques
<entonio@xxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J2lL99KrcNI

This man speaking the introduction has this strange special kind of
lingual r that I heard school children use near Felgueiras (North
Portugal).
What is it, phonetically?

0:30, versão diferente, and in the English loan word "Heart".
He uses it only there, and perhaps in the beginning of the
introduction, but not in between.

I just listened to the beginning of the clip. My impression is that his /r/
sounds slightly retroflex in "a poucas horas" and "versão", but, well,
normal in "master" and "diferente". The distribution seems unpredictable.

Regards,
Ekkehard


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