Re: IPA/SAMP question

In a message dated 11/13/01 3:28:39 PM, DigitalScream@AOL.COM writes:

>In a message dated 11/13/01 11:32:46 AM, matrix14@HOME.COM writes:
>
><< I have a vowel in Eviendadhail that I've decided is halfway between
>/E/
>('short e') and /e/ ('long a').  My question is, is there a symbol for
>this? >>
>
>    The only way the IPA chart deals with this is with arrows.  In other
>words, if you really want to indicate that this thing is in the middle,
>you
>use /E/ with an up arrow after it, or /e/ with a down arrow after it.
>My
>suggestion would be to decide on one symbol and then explain somewhere
>in
>your phonology introduction that the sound is in between, and maybe show
>its
>placement on the vowel space.  As to whether it sounds closer to /e/ or
>/E/,
>well, that's up to you. :)  I don't know how you'd do it in SAMPA.
Aren't the arrows for tones? I think you'd use the raised or lowered symbols
- /_r/ and /_o/ respectively. Which would would make the sound /e_o/ or
/E_r/. I could be wrong though.

>-David
>
>"s&m raSalo SirejsatIm, spAjs Zi v&TIl dZaGagzaZA."
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Josh Roth
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