Re: Primary Interjections - Universals?
| From: | Levi Tooker <nerd525@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 6, 2002, 8:42 |
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--- Roger Christian <rogchr75@...> wrote:
> French/Spanish aie/ay (both pronounced /ay/)
> In my incredibly broad sample :), these
> interjections
> are diphtongs moving from low to high, and I think
> from lax to tense.
Well, French "aïe" is not really a diphthong. The /a/
and the /i/ are two separate vowels, so in SAMPA it
would be /a"i/
Of course, the interjections I use when injured tend
to be of the form (voiceless fricative)+(lax
vowel)+(voiceless stop) ;-)
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