Re: ML4 again (was Re: More questions)

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Stephen Mulraney wrote:

> Tiëhţäk öpö Jütııcz Pıńgëp:
>
> ["t_j@xT{k 2f2 "jyT1t_js\ "p1_njg@p_}]  :)
>
>  > K'tabba Stephen Mulraney:
>  >
>  >>Now, now, patience! I don't think anyone wants daily updates
>  >>on how ["}kt@k "tsn}ldZ}_nj@h keT_je]
...

> Ho ho... sorry :) I can make a sound that satisfies _me_, but how close
> it is to any notion of /T_j/ I know not.
>
> But, notice the [] rather than the // :) I *think* it might (sometimes?
> always?) just be realised as a palatal /s/.
Actually, you have the meaning of [] and // mixed up. Slashes are used for
phonemics i.e. just the phonemes without much attention paid to the
phonetic realisation. In slashes, one might write the word 'tip' as /tIp/
(in fact, for my ideolect at least, you could probably go as far as /tip/,
but I won't). Square brackets are used for phonetics i.e. when you're
being more picky about the exact realisation. In sq. brackets, one might
write the word 'tip' as [t_hIp_}].

--
Tristan

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