Re: IPA for the Vowel in "good"

From: "David Peterson" <DigitalScream@...>
> In a message dated 7/26/01 6:16:18 AM, cowan@MERCURY.CCIL.ORG writes:
>
> << A sound has to have phonemic status in at least one language in order
> to have a symbol in the chart.  Can you exhibit a minimal pair with /U/?
>>
>
>     Yes, I can: /k_hU<:d/ (that < I'm using for "less rounded")="could"
and
> /k_hu:d/="cooed".  Oh, but wait a minute, that's between /U</ and /u/ not
> /U</ and /U/...  Dangit!
My guess (which may be wholly wrong) is that you have [U_c] because a [U:] >
[U_c] change.  But [U:] would generally only appear as /U/ before an
originally voiced consonant.  So you could possibly find a contrast where a
consonant changed voice.

Do they contrast, maybe, in <putting> vs. <pudding> ?



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