Re: / / vs [ ]
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 4, 2002, 22:18 |
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Padraic Brown wrote:
> Am 04.01.02, Clint Jackson Baker yscrifef:
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>
>>Siyo!
>>I think I've been confusing when to use // vs. [].
>>How do I properly use them?
>>
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> I understand that [] is for individual sounds, while //
> encloses IPA words: the name /p@'tAki/ contains the three
> main English voiceless stops: [p], [t] and [k].
Well, no. [] encloses IPA transcriptions of sounds
(or reasonable facsimiles of IPA, like the X-SAMPA
we usually use around here). // encloses phonemes,
which are inherently language-specific.
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