Re: X-SAMPA confusion (sorry)

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 06:40:57 +0100, Philip Newton
<philip.newton@...> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:49:03 +1030, Adrian Morgan (aka Flesh-eating
> Dragon) <dragon@...> wrote:
>> Basically, CXS is identical to X-Sampa except that:
> [snip snip]
>
> It also introduced the use of close-parenthesis ) as "tie bar", so you
> can write /tS)/ for the affricate, which is /t_S/ in X-SAMPA (and, I
> believe, an optional alternative spelling in CXS).
Yes. My understanding is that in X-SAMPA, _ is used for both forming
diacritics, and as a tie-bar, a highly illogical state of affairs if ever
I saw one. CXS allows the use of ) as a tie-bar, and thus polysemy
disambiguator (how's that for knitting threads together?).




Paul