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Re: USAGE: (Mis)Naming a Language

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Thursday, October 28, 2004, 23:02
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 02:19:40PM -0400, Kit La Touche wrote:

>i think the real issue is one of both syllables being in the same >metrical foot: [l&?n=] for "latin" and something like [l&4n=] ? >for "ladin" - the latter is definitely voiced. > > hm. saying "latter" ([l&d@r\]) makes me think it might not be feet >after all, but the syllabic n, as charlie points out. but i'm >*definitely* not using any [}] in what i'm saying. > > curious. > > -kit >
I must not be understanding the IPA-xsampa chart. It looks to me like /&/ represents a rounded vowel, the IPA being the digraph OE. I can't imagine anyone pronouncing the "a" in ladder/latter/Latin with a rounded vowel. That's why I used the symbol /{/ which I understand to represent the flat "a" as in the English word "pat." I think the glottal stop (/?/ I believe) is better than what I orginally wrote, but there is definitely no schwa (/@/) in my pronunciation of ladder, which I see as /l{d3/. I think! Charlie

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