Re: phonology of Plan B
| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, July 13, 2007, 19:35 |
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In a message dated 7/13/2007 2:18:56 PM Central Daylight Time,
joerg_rhiemeier@WEB.DE writes:
> Yes. I have heard that, too. When discussing signed languages,
> this does not cause confusion, because signed languages usually
> do not have a phonetic manifestation, and it is understood that
> the word "phoneme" refers to gestural elements that play the same
> role as phonemes in spoken languages.
>
Exactly so. The word "chireme" (from 'hand') was used at first, but they
realized that "phoneme" would work as well, so "phoneme" has replaced "chireme".
stevo </HTML>
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