Re: Questions about and suggestions for (C)XS
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 7, 2004, 2:23 |
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Trebor Jung scripsit:
> Why in CXS does one write [i\] and [u\] when [1] and [}] are still
> available? And the former are longer than the latter anyway :P
Some people think they are clearer, that's all.
> And why is there a separate symbol for voiceless /w/? The distinction
> between /w/ and /W/ is rare in natlangs AFAIK, so why does it deserve its
> own symbol? After all, voiceless [m] and [n] f'rinstance don't have their
> own symbols and they're phonemic (AFAIK) in Welsh.
[W] is not just voiceless [w]; it's also fricative.
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