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Re: / / vs [ ]

From:Sven Sommerfeld <sven.sommerfeld@...>
Date:Saturday, January 5, 2002, 0:18
Hi!

// is commonly used for phonemic/phonological transcription, while [] represents a more or less
phonetic/allophonic transcription, e.g. the phoneme /d/ may have the allophones [d] and [t] as
in German "Hund" that is /hUnd/ but [hUnt].

Regards
 Sven

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Jackson Baker" <litrex1@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:05 PM
Subject: / / vs [ ]


> Siyo! > I think I've been confusing when to use // vs. []. > How do I properly use them? > > Dana > Kalinida

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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>