Re: Linguistic Terminology

>
> >Also, in relation to these terms, when should I use // and [] to enclose
> >sounds?  I think I understand about half of them, but I wanna be sure, and I
> >think other people would appreciate the clarity.
>
> // are used for phonemes, and are most common in conlanging. [] are used to
> include phones.
>
> These are also sometimes used in more approximate ways to represent
> "tighter" and "looser" transcriptions.
>
Also [] are sometimes used to denote allophones, like "In Japanese /s/ is
[S] before /i/.

/BP


    B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
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