Re: Monophthongs in IPA

Dear George,

Thanks for your reply.

>> I am thinking of something like this:
>>
>> a-va.n.na:     [inverted v], [inverted v:]
>> i-va.n.na:     [I], [I:]
>> u-va.n.na:     [upsilon], [upsilon:]
>>
>> or:
>>
>> a-va.n.na:     [script a], [script a:]
>> i-va.n.na:     [i], [i:]
>> u-va.n.na:     [u], [u:]
>>
>> Or perhaps some blend of the two. If this is implausible,
>> then what exactly is the negative evidence that counts
>> against it ?
>
> I think the second proposal is more plausible because if there are no
> quality differences of the English sort, then the more extreme
> qualities ([a, i, u]) are less marked.

Forgive my obtuseness, but I don't understand what you are
saying here. Less marked than what ? And how does this make
the second scheme the more plausible ?

Best wishes,
Dhammanando