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| Title: | Do we need a symbol for a central open vowel? |
| Author: | William J. Barry |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~wbarry/ |
| Institution: | Saarland University |
| Author: | Jürgen Trouvain |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://www.phonetik-buero.de |
| Linguistic Field: | Phonetics |
| Abstract: | The present discussion re-opens an old issue that was ‘officially discussed’ in Kiel in 1989 but has not been offered for debate in the wider phonetic community. It is argued that there is a logical and practical gap in the present IPA vowel chart. The lack of a central open vowel is unsatisfactory, in particular because more languages have a single open vowel with an apparently more central than fronted or backed quality. Arguments and suggestions for a number of alternative solutions to the problem are presented for discussion. |
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This article appears in Journal of the International Phonetic Association Vol. 38, Issue 3, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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