Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 14:51:17 -0500 From: "Salikoko S. Mufwene" Subject: Re: nasal flaps? I had my doubts about the existence of nasal flaps but checked with a phonetician, a colleague of mine, and she says that nasal flaps common and "flap" is indeed the term. In the relevant pronunciation of ATLANTA "nasal flap" is apparently the correct term. How about that, Peter? We are on the same side this time! Sali. ******************************************************* Salikoko S. Mufwene s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu University of Chicago 773-702-8531; FAX 773-834-0924 Department of Linguistics 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 http://humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/linguistics/faculty/mufwene.html *******************************************************