Date:  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 19:15:41 EDT

From:  Terry Lynn Irons <t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU>

Subject: Re: LAGS



>

> I am doing some research with the LAGS volumes and need some help. I'm

> not always sure about the LAGS phonetic notation:

>

> "girl" <ur> --articulartory description of what this is?

> March <r> is this a retroflex r? Or just opposed to r-lessness?

> fog <{o}> open ?

> rice <{ie}> ??????

>



The AAM Phonology to which Bill refers has the following about the

representations you mention.

<u> is the sound in Pederson's "putt"

<r> is "  "   "   "    "race"

(Syllabic r is <R> as in "batter")

<o> is the vowel in "pot" Definitely low central, not open back

<ie> is the dipthong in "pie" for those who have one.



LAGS phonological notation does not have the same degree of phonetic

gradation indicated in the LAMSAS work, as far as I can tell.



Terry



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