Abstractness (Was Re: [j] v. [i])

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 22906
Date: 2003-06-09

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Davius Sanctex" <gruposdavius@...>
wrote:
> [Peter] Minimal pairs are not enough to establish the existence of
a
> phonemic
> contrast.
> ---
> [Davius] ...
> In this way the
> diferences in French between minimal pair [vE~] 'wine' / [vE] 'I
see' do not
> say us that necesarily it is a contrast between /E~/ and /E/ but
there are
> diferent underlaying representations /vin/ - /vE/.

I've posted a correction and a comment at Phonet. It will probably
appear as http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phonet/message/431 .

Richard.