Re: XSAMPA Question

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:38:49 -0800, Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:

>But more to the point, where do I go to find out how
>those XSAMPA things are pronounced.  If followed a lot
>of Google links, but all I got was things like "close
>front unrounded" which means about as much to me as
>"top green polyester".  Is there a site that actually
>explains the difference between close front unrounded
>and top green polyester?
X-SAMPA is more or less an ASCII version of the International Phonetic
Alphabet (with a couple of additions, and some potential ambiguity). Here's
some IPA links that include sound samples:

http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/chapter1/chapter1.html

http://www.ling.hf.ntnu.no/ipa/full/

http://www2.unil.ch/ling/english/phonetique/api2-eng.html