Re: CHAT: Umberto Eco and Esperanto
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 14, 1999, 9:16 |
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Joshua Shinavier wrote:
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> btw. what do the pointy brackets mean? [] are for IPA, // are for
> orthography -- are <> the same thing? Thanks,
[] indicates *phonetic* transcription, // indicates *phonemic*
transcription, and <> indicates orthography. For instance, to use an
example from English, <cab> = /k&b/ = [k_h&:b], since aspiration and
length are predictable in English, the phonemic transcription ignores
them.
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