WT6b Phonology revision
From: | Paul&Kathy <paulnkathy@...> |
Date: | Thursday, January 6, 2000, 7:14 |
DOH!
The WT6b phonology I posted recently included the following
slightly incorrect renderings into X-SAMPA
Roman: s^h z^h r z"
X-SAMPA: C j\ r` r`_r
However it should have been...
X-SAMPA: s\ z\ r\ r\_r
i.e.
The r` and r`_r should be r\ and r\_r
The C and j\ should be s\ and z\
My apologies for this, ISTR it was quite late when I was typing
them in based on (correct) handwritten notes in IPA and things
must have gotten a little blurry (plus I'm a natural doofus). In
light of these minor (?) corrections, please let me restate a
question I asked at the time...
Is /r\_r/ too close to /z\/ given the presence of the eight
similar fricatives? (/s/ /z/ /S/ /Z/ /s`/ /z`/ /s\/ /z\/)
It is supposed to represent a sound halfway between /r\/ and /z\/,
is it even the correct choice of symbol? Do I mean /r\_r_-/, or
would that be taking things just too far?
Thanks btw to the amazing Mr Weir for his brief "How to build a
large vowel system" tutorial <G> Now all I need to do is find out
what all of those symbols (and terms) sound like! I can read and
transcribe consonants fairly well (IMVVVHO), but I don't really
have very much of a clue at all when it comes to vowels. Can
anyone suggest a good webpage (with audio files if possible?)
where I can get a better grounding.