Re: USAGE: /t/ (was Re: USAGE: Schwa and syllabification
| From: | Paul Roser <pkroser@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 15, 2004, 21:33 |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:48:32 -0000, And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote:
> Scouse would have followed a similar path, except that the coronal
> segments are apicoalveolar rather than laminodental. (So _pith_,
> _pit_ and _piss_ all end in fricatives and all contrast.) Because
> the step to [h] was lexically selective, you end up with contrasts
> like _not_ [nQh] vs _knot_ [nQ$] (where $ is a fricative one
> might symbolize in IPA by [t] with an openness diacritic added).
> (All things considered, I'd say that _not_ has allomorphs /nQt/
> and /nQ/.)
So this /$/ is the same as the so-called Irish slit-fricative, right?
Then it could be represented in IPA one of two other ways - by a
<theta> with the retraction mark underneath or, dipping into extIPA
symbols, <theta> with an <=> underneath (indicating an alveolar
slit fricative).
Bfowol
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