Re: the null phoneme

--- In phoNet@yahoogroups.com, "Jean-Paul G. POTET" <potetjp@w...>
wrote:

> "I pronounce "one ear" and "two ears" as [wVnijr\] and

[t_huM\ijr\z],

> without any glottal stop. the glottal stop is only compulsory if a

vowel

> occurs at the beginning of an utterance or after a pause, but

YDMV..."

> Robert WILSON, NORTHEAST OHIO, USA
>
> Thanks a lot for the data.
>
> What puzzles me is that you seem to pronounce <one ear> almost

like <one

> year>. Do you?
>
> Frankly I don't understand what you mean by [t_huM\ijr\z]. What

does the

> capital M stand for?

It doesn't. The symbol is 'M\', extended SAMPA for the velar
frictionless continuant. I posted an extended SAMPA table in the
group's files - see
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phoNet/files/ipasam-x.htm>. There's
a better version in progress - I wanted to get comments on whether
people saw [3] as a half-open or mid - the IPA seems to have
redefined it. They've definitely redefined [8] (o with a horizontal
line through it, to confuse those who can't write thetas) from mid
(1979) to half-open (by 1993).

Richard.