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On 30 Aug 2006 09:22:15 -0700, "jimbo.tyson@xxxxxxxxx"
<jimbo.tyson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Daniel al-Autistiqui wrote:
>> Can someone give a precise definition of the phoneme? I'm starting to
>> doubt whether this and other "emic" concepts really exist.
>>
>> daniel mcgrath
>> --
>> Daniel Gerard McGrath, a/k/a "Govende":
>> for e-mail replace "invalid" with "com"
>>
>> Developmentally disabled;
>> has Autism (Pervasive Developmental Disorder),
>> Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
>> & periodic bouts of depression.
>> [This signature is under construction.]
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>The fact is that phonemes are theoretical constructs - they really
>exist in so far as you hold mainstream views on the reality of
>theoretical constructs and in so far as you accept some theory that
>posits the existence of phonemes.
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Even in, for example, "latter" and "ladder"?
daniel mcgrath
--
Daniel Gerard McGrath, a/k/a "Govende":
for e-mail replace "invalid" with "com"
Developmentally disabled;
has Autism (Pervasive Developmental Disorder),
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
& periodic bouts of depression.
[This signature is under construction.]
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