Re: OT: Phonetics (IPA)

Roger Mills scripsit:

> The question of cluster vs. unit is tricky.  The old phonemicists had
> recourse to the concept of "juncture", which they never quite managed to
> define.  (Essentially it meant "syllable boundary", but that's tricky too,
> since "syllable" may depend on more than just phonetics.)  So there's a
> juncture in 'cat shit', but not in 'catch it' (the classic ex. is night rate
> vs. nitrate),
Don't forget the third case:  "Nye trait".  (This is something to do
with pottery, but I don't exactly know what.)  Here's a good long
list of such things:  http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/4/4-481.html

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