Peter T. Daniels
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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: IPA symbol query |
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On Jul 30, 6:25 am, claire <claireh...@gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]Can anyone help me with the following query?
I am drawing up a table to list common pronunciation variations of
different accents. For some items I want to indicate that a vowel x
in RP is produced in another accent somewhere on a continuum between
vowel y and vowel z.
Is there some way of transcribing this? I am looking to write it
something like:
[vowel x] {arrow?} [vowel y] {??} [vowel z]
1) Would an arrow be an appropriate symbol to use to indicate the
change between RP and the realisation in the accent in question?
2) What symbol would be appropriate where I have put {??} i.e. between
the other two vowels?
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It>s not right to suggest (as with arrows) that some RP form _becomes_
some other form in a different accent. RP isn>t a baseline out of
which other accents develop, or from which other accents diverge.
Can you give an example of what you>re talking about with x, y, and z? |
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