Re: THEORY: Ray on ambisyllabicity

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.

Marcus