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Re: IPA/SAMP question

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 16:14
Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> [...] otherwise you could perhaps have lowered the > /E/ to [{] to leave room for the extra phoneme (as [E]). > > [...] you > could even use advanced/retracted tongue root, though I admit that I > don't know how it sounds myself.
As has been pointed out here, mere lowering doesn't get you past [E]; reaching [{] is a matter of ATR. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@...> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel

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Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>