Re: How to Make Chicken Cacciatore (was: phonetics by guesswork)

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:08:48 -0700, Philippe Caquant
<herodote92@...> wrote:
> where can I find a simple descriptions of all
> these codes that would say, for ex:
> - 2 is "eu" like in French "deux"
> - %, or whatever, is "ä" like in Swedish "Gävle"
> - etc, etc (with different examples from different
> languages for each sound, if possible)
I recommend that you learn which IPA character standards for which sound first.

For example, obtain the CD or audiocassette "The sounds of the IPA",
where each sound on the IPA chart is demonstrated by two linguists
(except for one sound which is said twice by the same one ^^) -
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/cassette.htm . Alternatively, or
in addition, have a look at "A Sound Reference to the IPA" (
http://www.ling.hf.ntnu.no/ipa/full/ ).

Then transfer your knowledge of the IPA to either "traditional"
X-SAMPA or to CXS (Conlang Extended SAMPA?); I've found a mapping
chart to be very helpful for this, which superimposes the X-SAMPA or
CXS codes on the IPA chart. Search for "xsamchart.gif" and
"cxschart.gif" for this.

(By the way, to answer your second question, I believe that the "ä" in
Swedish "Gävle" is [E] - an open-mid, front, unrounded vowel, IPA
"epsilon".)

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>

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