Re: THEORY: Ray on ambisyllabicity

"SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> > I was thinking of using [V], but I'm not really sure what if any
> > difference there is between [V] and [@]. The ascii IPA site seems
> > to indicate the use of '@' for all schwas (unless I misread, which
> > is entirely possible). Perhaps I just don't differenciate them.
>
> For many dialects, including my own, the distinction between [V] and [@]
> is merely whether or not that syllable is stressed. [V] is used in stress
> contexts, [@] otherwise. I usually cannot hear the difference, so I just
> transcribe as predicted by the stress.
From analysing my speech, the distinction is made more or less along
those lines, but it's not a completely regular alternation, and [V] is
the more common sound.

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Robert