Re: A "minimalist" phonology...

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:40:24 -0700 jesse stephen bangs
<jaspax@...> writes:
> Eh?  The diagrams I've seen all show more back vowel space than
> front
> vowel space, at least for low vowels.  That's why mid-to-back
> variants of
> [a] are common, but a true low front vowel is rare.  It either gets
> raised
> to [&], which isn't really low, or is central.
>
> Although now that I think of it it certainly feels like there is
> more
> aperture space for the front vowels.
>
>
> Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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I've seen the vowel space diagrammed as something like:
take the letter D.
lay it on it's straight edge, so the curve is facing up.
Slice it in half and discard the left half.
stretch what's left horizontally so that it ends up around the length
that the whole letter used to take up.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "say little, and do much;
  and greet everyone friendily."
     ~ Shamai