Re: vowel descriptions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 15, 1998, 16:53 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> You actually make a phonemic distinction between /V/ and /@/?
Actually, no. /V/ is simply the stressed allophone of /@/, and yet they
sound distinct to me, that's why I distinguish them in transcription.
Odd, you'd expect allophones to sound the same to a native speaker, much
as [t] and [t_h] do.
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