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Re: Diphthongs in ASCII (was: CHAT letter names etc)

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Thursday, March 4, 2004, 10:17
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Isaac Penzev wrote:

> Matthew Kehrt eskriviw: > > <<I had thought that '.' represented a syllable break. It was so > used two > years ago when I was last active on the list.[...] > and I am unfamiliar with the changes to XSAMPA that make CSX.>> > > As one of contributors to CXS, I think it's worth mentioning that > |.| still represents syllable break, marked when necessary. So |ai| > ~ |a.i| would solve the ambiguity.
Actually, I think |ai| is meant to be inheritly ambiguous, with interpretation language-dependent (e.g. in (my) English which forbids hAij&id@s, it'd mean diphthong; in French which I think avoids diphthongs, two syllables). Syllable break/non-syllabic should be used to resolve the ambiguity. -- Tristan.