Date:  Sat, 5 Mar 1994 13:36:06 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET>

Subject: Re: /lIngwIstIks/



Tim--

    As I suggested in my note last night, the students would of course

have trouble hearing a difference between [iy] and [I] before the velar,

since there would be no phonemic difference. With my own /)/:/a/ phonemic

contrast (here /)/ = "open o"), I am always perceptually bothered by the

phonetic wanderings of those who don't. I often find similar reactions

to your students in the transcription of words like <ear> and <here>, where

there is similarly no contrast, and the phonetic realization of the archi-

phoneme is free to wander around.

    Rudy Troike

rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu