Re: USAGE: Tones in the IPA [Re: USAGE: Help with Chinese phrase]
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 2, 2004, 20:43 |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:12:58 -0400, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
wrote:
> I'm looking at the IPA/CXS chart, and I don't see all the tones in
> Mandarin. I assume that tone 1 (high) is _H, tone 2 (rising) is _R, and
> tone 4 (falling) is _F, but where is tone 3 (falling-rising)? Using the
> CXS nomenclature one could construct it as _F_R, I suppose, but I don't
> see any equivalent using the actual IPA symbols. They have high rising,
> low rising, and rising-falling, but no falling-rising? That would seem
> to be a glaring omission . . .
The IPA tone symbols are extensible, though the chart doesn't make it
clear. You can stitch together as many of the little slopes as you need,
in whatever order you need. The CXS method of chaining them together
mirrors this method quite closely.
Paul
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