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--- On Mon, 12/17/12, Leonardo Castro <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> ....BTW, does any natlang have some kind of "gemination for emphasis"? > > > Sure. English does it, to some extent: > > > the word "little" I'd pronounce as [lIdl] (hope I used > > the right brackets!); > > but for emphasis, [lIt_tl] with heavier stress on both > > syllables, but what's > > BTW, "little" as pronounced by most Americans sound as > [li4@l] to my ears. Interesting. Dunno what [4] is, but I've never heard [i] for the root vowel. Leastways among native speakers. Among ESL speakers, sure. FWIW, the gemination also comes out in terribly careful speech. Padraic