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Re: New Try from a New Guy

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Sunday, December 15, 2002, 11:47
Christian Thalmann wrote:
>If you're just going for a general unarticulated central sound, >I'd suggest to use /@/ to represent it. [@\], [3], [3\], [6] >etc are basically just "flavored" versions of the schwa [@]. >I don't think any language distinguishes between those >phonemically (although Portuguese has two separate unstressed >central sounds: [1] and [6]).
What about German _Fische_ [fIS@] vs _Fischer_ [fIS6]? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail