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Problems of phonetic transcription: The case of the Hiberno-English slit-t

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Helen Pandeli ,
Joseph F. Eska ,
Martin J. Ball  and
Joan Rahilly
Helen Pandeli
Affiliation:
School of Environmental and Human Sciences, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB. Wales e-mail: hpandeli@uwic.ac.uk
Joseph F. Eska
Affiliation:
Department of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0112. USA e-mail: eska@vtaix.cc.vt.edu
Martin J. Ball
Affiliation:
School of Behavioural and Communication Sciences, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim BT37 0QB. N. Ireland e-mail: mj.ball@ulst.ac.uk
Joan Rahilly
Affiliation:
School of English, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 INN. N. Ireland e-mail: jrahilly@clio.arts.qub.ac.uk
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Abstract

Acoustic and electropalatographic data on the so-called Hiberno-English ‘slit-t’ are reported, and the implications these data have for an adequate transcription are discussed. Previous transcription suggestions highlight the difficulty posed by the lack of an IPA diacritic for tongue shape. We conclude that the adoption of an alveolar diacritic (as used in the extensions to the IPA for transcribing disordered speech) could get round these difficulties.

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Phonetic Representation
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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 27 , Issue 1-2 , June 1997 , pp. 65 - 75
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1997

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