Re: A couple questions.

Danny Wier wrote:
>>From: Matt Pearson jmpearso-@facstaff.wisc.edu
>
>>Examining the 1996 edition of the IPA chart, I see no symbol for a lateral
>>nasal (and the symbol you describe is not there either). So I guess
>
>I think that symbol was in the 194? revision of IPA; indeed it is no longer
>used.
Danny, the symbol you describe was withdrawn from the IPA much earlier than
1994. In fact, it was withdrawn way back in 1976. It represented a 'syllabic
nasal' (POA not specified). I guess it was used to represent the syllabic /N/
in Japanese.
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>
>Ouch! I didn't think about FOUR different phonetic situations! Really,
>what I meant was this analogy: [nl?] is to [dl] what [n] is to [d]? (2) is
>most what I was looking for, a laterally-released [n].
I think you answered your own question: [nl]. But if by lateral release
you mean SAMPA [d_l], then the nasal analogy would be [n_l]. That is,
a <n> with a superscript <l>. If you want to be really detailed, I suppose
you'd have to use a tilde over the superscript <l>, e.g., [n_l~].

-kristian- 8)