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Re: A discourse on Phonemics (was: Re: E and e (was: A break

From:Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2002, 19:47
At 6:30 pm -0400 1/5/02, Roger Mills wrote:
>Tristan wrote: > > >>On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 16:04, Raymond Brown wrote: >> >>[snippage] >> >>> But the phonemic theory (and _theory_ it is) is primarily concerned with >>> contrasts and distribution of sounds. > >And it's well to keep in mind too that phonemes are something of an >abstraction. One could just as well use funny symbols or numbers to
[snipped but read with care]
> >I hope so. By replying just to certain aspects, it's turned out to be sort >of a hit-and-miss discussion. Entire books have been written on the >subject.
Thanks, Roger. After a tiring day, I really enjoyed reading your helpful and interesting mail. It made a change from some of the more boring things I trailed through :) ------------------------------------------------------------ At 7:04 pm -0400 1/5/02, Roger Mills wrote: [snip]
>There's just >no way to achieve perfection when describing an essentially imperfect thing, >like language. The Gods see to it that we humans never quite achieve >perfection.
How very true - and wouldn't life be boring if we achieved perfection :) Ray. ====================== XRICTOC ANECTH ======================