Homework Help: English pronunciation

Posted by John on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 5:30pm.

What are palatal consonants?
How many palatal consonalt's do you have?

1. can't you
2. could you
3. miss you
4. is your

In the four cases, we can find palatalization. The t,d,s,z sounds are changed into palatals when they are pronounced as a linking sound. It's hard to write down the phonetic symbols here.
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Is my explanation correct?

English pronunciation - SraJMcGin, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 5:46pm
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here are some sites on palatal conson ants:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal_consonant

2. (part II of #1): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolo-palatal_consonant

3. http://www.buber.net/Basque/Euskara/Larry/note_7.html

4. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/439183/palatal

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