From: Dean Snyder (dean.snyder@jhu.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 - 16:05:36 CDT
Eric Muller wrote at 12:16 PM on Wednesday, June 29, 2005:
>IPA, as least when restricted to the set of symbols used for the writing
>of a given language, is presumably both an economic (there is a single
>sign for a given sound) and accurate writing system for that language.
Before proceeding you will need to define what you mean by "sound" in
your phrase "a single sign for a given sound".
Phonetic notation is accurate, but less economic; phonemic notation is
economic, but less accurate, i.e., if you're interested in phonetics
(the accuracy is determined by the rigorousness of application of the
context-bound, phonetic-to-phonemic rules). Phonemic notation has one
additional characteristic - it explicitly signals, or reifies, the
phonemic contrasts in speech, and that can be significant.
Respectfully,
Dean A. Snyder
Assistant Research Scholar
Manager, Digital Hammurabi Project
Computer Science Department
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