LL-L: "Historical linguistics" LOWLANDS-L, 12.AUG.2000 (03) [E]

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From: john feather [johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk]
Subject: Historical linguistics

I wrote:

>In monolingual English dictionaries produced in English-speaking countries

it is sufficient to give the phonetic transcription "j" .. <

I thought this was an exhaustive definition but from Roger's reply I should

obviously should have added "for English speakers"!

I don't think the pronunciation of "j" has changed in the last 25 years.

John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

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From: Stefan Israel [stefansfeder at yahoo.com]
Subject: "Historical linguistics"

Roger Thijs  wrote, concerning how to transcribe the
<j> sound of English Jim etc.:

> Well I'm using (since 25 years) :
> A. S. Hornby, Oxford advanced learner's dictionary
> of current English,

> I presume it's time for me getting a new edition???

If the dictionary is doing what you need it to, I
don't see any difference whether it indicates the
English <j> sound with one or two symbols: either will
tell you the accurate pronunciation.

Stefan Israel
stefansfeder at yahoo.com

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