Fwd: Re: seeking advice

[bhk]

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>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 12:28:30 +0530
>To: Lyle Campbell <l.campbell at LING.CANTERBURY.AC.NZ>
>From: bhk <bhk at hd1.vsnl.net.in>
>Subject: Fwd: Re: seeking advice
>
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>>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 12:23:18 +0530
>>To: Lyle Campbell <l.campbell at LING.CANTERBURY.AC.NZ>
>>From: bhk <bhk at hd1.vsnl.net.in>
>>Subject: Re: seeking advice
>>
>>Dear Lyle:
>>
>>For South Asian languages I find the IPA too cumbersome for two reasons:
>>(1) Proto-Dravidian and several modern Dravidian lgs have
>>dental-alveolar-retroflex contrast: IPA is heavily oriented toward the
>>European lgs and hence uses a diacritic for dental t but leaves the
>>alveolar unmarked. In South Asian lgs the dental is the unmarked segment
>>and the alveolar marked (restricted in occurrence by lg). So here,
>>traditionally, the alveolar is shown with a subscript bar and the dental
>>remains as t.(2) Also we have so many retroflexes which, with long tails
>>of IPA, look awkward in print. We use subscript dots with the following
>>letters r l t s n z for retroflexes and corresponding dentals/alveolars
>>do not carry diacritics I have followed what I call the Indic Roman in my
>>recent book *The Dravidian Languages* (CUP 2003). There is no harm in
>>using more than one transcription as long as you mention this fact in a
>>note on transcription at the beginning..All the best,
>>
>>Krishna

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