Re: Representing tones in X-Sampa; Khmer phonemes (for Tim May)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 26, 2004, 18:13 |
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Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:
>
> > For a specific language, you're also allowed to use the traditional
> numbering
> > of tones, and supply the number as an X-SAMPA diacritic. Eg, Chinese
> [ma_1]
> > for the first tone. Not that this is potentially ambiguous, since [a_1]
> could
> > also be a diphthong. That partic'lar problem goes away in CXS, but rears
> its
> > head again in the second tone - [a_2].
>
> Unless of course you use the approach where /a2)/ is the diphthong and
> /a_2/ is /a/ on the second tone
If I use that approach and my audience is aware of it, yes!
> (IIUC, [a_2] wouldn't make sense because
> there's no phonetic second tone).
I'm positive I've heard 'bout a second tone in Chinese, and tone pretty much
has to be phonetic, hasn't it? Anyone sinaically enlightened feeling like
commenting?
Andreas
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