On 10/29/2001 03:43:22 PM "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
>And "featural" is defined in terms of the structural units of the
>writing corresponding to items basically at the featural level.
>
>Nu?
No. There is no writing system that has structural units that correspond to points of articulation, air mechanisms, etc. Something like that would be theoretically possible but incredibly inefficient to read or write.
- Peter
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