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A proposal concerning central vowels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

J. C. Catford
J. C. Catford
Affiliation:
Program in Linguistics, 1076 Frieze Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Extract

The 1989 Kiel Convention made an unprincipled decision to ignore the basis of the Cardinal Vowel system, which specifies four ‘heights’ and three ‘horizontal’ locations for vowels, by ignoring close-mid and open-mid central vowels and proposing only two symbols for non-close central vowels, viz. [ə, ө].

Type
Phonetic Representation a) Revision of the IPA
Information
Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , December 1990 , pp. 26 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1990

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