Re: / / vs [ ]

"Steven W. Lytle" <BestATN@...> writes:

> In a message dated 2002-01-05 2:55:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, Philip.Newton@GMX.NET writes:
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> Or even by the
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> fact that a final /t/ can turn into a medial /d/ when an ending is
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> added.
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> you've got it backwards. the (phoneme) [d] is pronounced as /t/ when final. when
> the [d] isn't final, it's pronounced as /d/.
>
> steven lytle
Right, except for the fact that phonemes are placed between // not []

Elliott