Re: DECAL: Examples #1: Phonetic inventory examples & motivations

Emaelivpeith Sai Emrys:
> I may use these during class (which will be recorded), or to print in
> lecture notes, online examples, quizzes, problem sets, or the reader.
Will these materials also be available to list members? I'm sure that
I'm not the only one here who would be interested in seeing what you
use. :)

Will your students be assigned required reading or research topics
from this list? That might be interesting. I wonder how many people in
your class will become conlangers afterward? :)

> I will, of course, give credit for anything I use - please include the
> name and URL / email you'd like to be credited by
Arthaey Angosii, arthaey@yahoo.com, http://arthaey.mine.nu:8080/

> Q1: What is your *phonemic* inventory? I.e., what are all of the
> discriminated phonemes in your conlang(s). (IPA / CXS / X-SAMPA)
http://arthaey.mine.nu:8080/~arthaey/conlang/grammar/phon-inven.html

> (Side question: CXS is the "standard" notation for this list?)
CXS was created on this list as a modification of X-SAMPA, and yes,
it's the de facto standard here.

> Q2: What are the allophones? I.e., for each phoneme, what are the
> "normal" variants that don't change meaning?
Allophones are also listed on my page.

> Q2b: If you have any, what are the connotations / implications of the
> different allophones? E.g., do you use them for different dialects,
> registers, "accents", etc.?
So far as I'm aware ;) the allophones distinguish dialects.

> Q3: How do your choices for the above reflect the goals of your
> language? [snip] So, for whatever your goals are for the
> conlang, how do they apply to the choices you made for phonetics /
> phonology?
Asha'ille is an a priori artlang, so my phonology choices have been
for purely aesthetic, personal reasons. My favorite sound is /Z/, so
it is a common phoneme. I don't like /&/, so it's only used in some
dialects. And so on.


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