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Re: signal and noise in phonologies and scripts

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 19:52
joglaran wrote:
>The remaining combinations simply don't occur. >English, for example, has /b/, /p/ and /m/, but no /m_h/ (that's a >voiceless /m/). > > >> > >Sorry to nitpick but due to the universal quest for consistency that >occurs every so often, I think the voiceless marker is _0 (IPA under- >ring). I think that aspiration is _h.
Depends on what ASCII-IPA scheme the original writer used. _0 is the voicelessness marker in X-SAMPA (and it's jolly ugly too), while the _h is the voicelessness marker in CPA (and it's only moderately ugly!). Andreas PS In case anyone feels the need to state the obvious, I DO realize that ugliness ratings are subjective. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp