May 16, 2008 13:09
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
posicion media
Spanish to English
Other
Linguistics
La diferencia en la pronunciacion se encuentra en la ultima silaba, en posicion media, y por lo tanto la diferencia sera apenas perceptible.
Here the author is discussing two three-syllable words and their pronunciation. - 'Covara' and 'Cobana'
Here the author is discussing two three-syllable words and their pronunciation. - 'Covara' and 'Cobana'
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | medial position |
kjmcguire
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| 4 +3 | mid position |
Lisa McCarthy
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| 3 | middle position |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
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47 mins
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medial position
Medial position could also be a possibility :
Allophony
PHONOLOGY: the phenomenon that aphoneme has different (context-dependent) variants. The different variants are called allophones. EXAMPLE: in English [th] in tin, [?t] in cat and [t] in stop are allophones of the phoneme /t/. Syllable-initially the phoneme is pronounced differently than in medial or in final position. The differences between the allophones can be expressed by phonological rules.
http://w3.u-grenoble3.fr/lebarbe/Linguistic_Lexicon/ll_a.htm...
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Note added at 49 mins (2008-05-16 13:58:06 GMT)
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Final Clusters and the Spanish-Speaking Learner- This is achieved successfully by most Spanish-speaking students in. medial position, since /tl/ exists medially in Spanish, but not. finally. ...
<a href="eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/XX/1/17.pdf">eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/XX/1/17.pdf</a>
Allophony
PHONOLOGY: the phenomenon that aphoneme has different (context-dependent) variants. The different variants are called allophones. EXAMPLE: in English [th] in tin, [?t] in cat and [t] in stop are allophones of the phoneme /t/. Syllable-initially the phoneme is pronounced differently than in medial or in final position. The differences between the allophones can be expressed by phonological rules.
http://w3.u-grenoble3.fr/lebarbe/Linguistic_Lexicon/ll_a.htm...
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Note added at 49 mins (2008-05-16 13:58:06 GMT)
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Final Clusters and the Spanish-Speaking Learner- This is achieved successfully by most Spanish-speaking students in. medial position, since /tl/ exists medially in Spanish, but not. finally. ...
<a href="eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/XX/1/17.pdf">eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/XX/1/17.pdf</a>
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
11 mins
+3
1 min
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
mid position
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-05-16 13:35:56 GMT)
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Since the passive marker –w- usually appears on the last syllable of the word, we use a word with the same forms in **mid position** to justify the glide formation. /o-ko-γuem-a/ → [ukuγwéémá] ‘to hunt’.
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/general/MATheses/Mwita_UCLA_...
The compound -ng- is present in mid-position in some inflected Finnish words, but it is pronounced /ŋŋ/.
http://pedia.newsfilter.co.uk/wikipedia/f/fi/finnish_languag...
Because the nucleus of the diphthong is raised to a **mid position**, speakers of dialects that do not possess Canadian raising will hear that the diphthong sounds different, and will approximate it with the closest sound in their dialect, which is usually /o/. As a result, the Canadian pronunciation of about to American ears, may sound like "a boat", or sometimes even exaggerated to "a boot".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English
The starting position is with tongue in **mid position** at front of mouth as in "egg", "bed" or "Ted".
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/esl0105.html
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-05-16 13:35:56 GMT)
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Since the passive marker –w- usually appears on the last syllable of the word, we use a word with the same forms in **mid position** to justify the glide formation. /o-ko-γuem-a/ → [ukuγwéémá] ‘to hunt’.
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/general/MATheses/Mwita_UCLA_...
The compound -ng- is present in mid-position in some inflected Finnish words, but it is pronounced /ŋŋ/.
http://pedia.newsfilter.co.uk/wikipedia/f/fi/finnish_languag...
Because the nucleus of the diphthong is raised to a **mid position**, speakers of dialects that do not possess Canadian raising will hear that the diphthong sounds different, and will approximate it with the closest sound in their dialect, which is usually /o/. As a result, the Canadian pronunciation of about to American ears, may sound like "a boat", or sometimes even exaggerated to "a boot".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English
The starting position is with tongue in **mid position** at front of mouth as in "egg", "bed" or "Ted".
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/esl0105.html
Peer comment(s):
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Enrique Huber (X)
1 hr
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Thanks Enrique
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Egmont
2 hrs
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Thanks
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| agree |
Claudia Bottero
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Thanks
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