Re: C-IPA underlying principles and methods

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:


> [s+] can *only* mean
> the same as SAMPA [T], i.e. a true voiceless dental fricative, never X-SAMPA
> [s_d] (is there a difference anyway between those. C-IPA makes it only
because
> IPA has an actual dental diacritic).
There is. [s_d] is a Russian /s/ which is NOT alveolar. Russian speakers
perceive English and Spanish /s/ [s] as smth closer to [S]. On the other hand,
sound [T] is alien for Russian.

Yitzik

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