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Re: Questions about and suggestions for (C)XS

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Saturday, August 7, 2004, 2:23
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. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "It's the old, old story. Droid meets droid. Droid becomes chameleon. Droid loses chameleon, chameleon becomes blob, droid gets blob back again. It's a classic tale." --Kryten, Red Dwarf

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