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Re: USAGE: [a] vs [A]

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Saturday, June 14, 2003, 19:24
En réponse à Mark J. Reed :


>I said "most". :) I know that French A is more like [a],
It's not "more like [a]". It's as pure a [a] as you can make it. Since I do know the difference between [a] and [A], I am very definite in its position. It's certainly extremely fronted.
> but I thought >the "pure" Italian A was [A], and [a] was an allophonic/dialectical variant.
Well, the standard certainly has [a] as main realisation of /a/. I can easily check it by putting the TV on the Italian channel we receive here :)) . The people there make plenty of [a]'s, but I never hear a single [A]. Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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