Re: IPA/CXS questions
| From: | caotope <johnvertical@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 8, 2005, 13:05 |
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"Mark J. Reed" wrote:
> Jim Henry wrote:
> > 2. How to transcribe the retroflex vowel (or rhoticized schwa?)
> > that's final in English "finger", initial in "earn"? Some
> > transcriptions I've seen just use schwa, which I reckon must be
> > based on non-rhotic dialects that lack this retroflex vowel.
>
>
> Correct. In rhotic dialects of English, that's regarded as a
> syllabic (vocalic) version of the consonantal "r" phoneme, so it's
> represented by the symbol for that sound with the "syllabic"
> diacritic - an underdot in IPA, a trailing = in CXS. The specific
> sound varies by dialect but r\= (IPA ɹ plus an underdot) is
> a popular choice.
I thought the IPA diacritic for "syllabic" was a subscript short
vertical line, not a dot? At least that's what it looks like to me.
Also, if the retroflexion is considered an important feature, wouldn't
[r\`] (turned r with retroflex hook) suit better than [r\]?
John Vertical
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