Re: Degrees of comparation
| From: | Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 5, 2001, 10:55 |
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Sally Caves wrote:
> > BTW, what does {ht} in "Teonaht" signify? [xt]?
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>Quick Nik Taylor got it right! "ht" is "th" backwards!
>[T] so... Tay-oh-noth :-) Likewise, hs, hz, etc.
So {e} is [ei]? That's really counterintitive in my book - is it just for
aesthetic effect? Or is it /teo-/ with an extra [j] glide to break up the
hiatus? Also, does {a} here mean [o]? I guess I'd like to see an X-SAMPA
rendering of the word _Teonaht_ ...
Andreas
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