Re: Constructive Criticism Appreciated: Vowels
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 13, 2004, 4:58 |
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:40:27 -0700, william drewery <will65610@...> wrote:
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> 1). Is there a difference between opennes and height
> with vowles?
It is my understanding that these refer to the same thing; "high" =
"close", and "low" = "open". Two sets of terminologies for the same
thing. Hence "low open vowel" is redundant.
> 2). I'm dubious about this universal. Correct me if
> I'm wrong, but in Arabic isn't the low open vowel
> simply a flattened allophone of the front open-mid
> vowel?
You mean [a] is an allophone of [E]?
I thought [E] was an allophone of /i/, itself, in some dialects of
Arabic, with the three-vowel system being something like /a/ /i/ /u/
-- nicely on the corners of a triangle (open - close front unrounded -
close back rounded).
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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