Re: question on sampa representation
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 24, 2003, 1:38 |
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In a message dated 3/23/2003 8:13:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
hsteoh@QUICKFUR.ATH.CX writes:
> OK, so I think [A] is still what I think it is. *Phew*. :-P So [Q] and
> [O] are rounded versions of [A]... but I'm not sure I know the difference
> yet. I've tried listening to IPA sound samples, but they contradict each
> other so I really am quite suspicious of IPA vowels ATM. :-/
>
[ A ] and [ Q ] have the same tongue position, low. [ O ] is higher. The
vowel of "cut" is usually said to be [ V ], the unrounded counterpart of [ O
].
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