Timeline for In IPA transcription, what is the difference between “ɪ”, "i", “i:”?
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| Apr 7, 2023 at 13:29 | comment | added | Nardog | Not all transcriptions enclosed in square brackets are impressionistic, i.e. "purely phonetic". They rarely are. Most of them are allophonic, and range from broad to narrow. Again consult the Handbook, particularly pp. 28-30. | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 12:17 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | You don't need any knowledge of the language concerned or of the language specific conventions to understand a purely phonetic narrow/square brackets transcription. And you need know nothing to write one either. The comments from the IPA handbook re i and ɪ apply only to the language-specific conventional system; they do not apply to symbols used for narrow transcription. So for example, the language specific phonemic system may use ʌ for the STRUT vowel, but this would be completely inadmissible in a narrow transcription where something like [ɐ] would have to be used. | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 11:22 | comment | added | Nardog | Phonemic transcription IS the IPA's original intended use since 1888. And since narrowness is a continuum, even in allophonic transcriptions you can never tell what sound each symbol represents without acquainting yourself with the underlying conventions either. See the IPA Handbook. | |
| Apr 7, 2023 at 11:04 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | +1 Nice to see an accurate description of the HAPPY vowel. I think your first paragraph could be made even better/clearer if it said “In a language-specific phonemic transcription system, you can never tell …*”. The same kind of generalisation is not true of narrow purely phonetic transcriptions using the IPA in its original intended use. | |
| Apr 5, 2023 at 20:06 | history | edited | Nardog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 5, 2023 at 19:24 | history | answered | Nardog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |