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  • From: Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: tiberian vowels, low contrasts
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 10:42:00 -0400 (EDT)


dear henry,

was thinking of you this weekend while visiting <gulp> my inlaws. my
mother-in-law teaches english as a second language, and we often talk
about english phonetics, and the mysteries of transcription systems.

interesting: she has a clear contrast of three low vowels in the words
"cat" "cot" and "caught": front, central and back respectively. all
three are phonemic. she's from northern indiana. "caught" is not round
for her.

cheers
V
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Dr Vincent DeCaen <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
c/o Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Ave., 2d floor
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA, M5S 1A1

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative, www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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  • tiberian vowels, low contrasts, Vincent DeCaen, 07/26/1999

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