Re: Is this a glottal stop?

From: John A. Rea (j.rea2_at_insightbb.com)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 00:47:01 GMT

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> Mxsmanic wrote:
>
>>Greg Lee writes:
>>
>>
>>>Yes. Two vowels next to each other, especially similar vowels, makes
>>>a difficulty in articulation or perception. When "the" is /Di/, the
>>>phonetic off-glide [y] of the /i/ separates the vowel of "the" from
>>>the first vowel of "underground". When "the" is /D@/, since /@/ doesn't
>>>have a glide, a glottal stop can be stuck in to separate the vowels.
>>
>>Should I transcribe the glottal stop (keeping in mind that I'm
>>transcribing for illustrations that I use for ESL students)?
>
>
> You should teach them Standard English, rather than Chicago dialect. In
> Standard English, "the" is /Diy/ before a vowel, /D@/ before a
> consonant.

Wow! I have in my lap (both hands being at work making typos on my
computer) a Book entitled simply _Language_ written by one Leonard
Bloomfield. on page 90, while speaking of pronunciation, he advers
(nice werd, adver). "the number of simple primary phonemes in
different languages runs from about fifteen to about fifty.
Standard English, as spoken in Chicago, has thirty-two." I like the
ring of that: "Standard English as spoken in Chicago." Now I'll
know which to cite to those who ask, and, indeed, WHOM to cite.
If anyone asks you, tell them you read it on sci.lang, and that
somebody named Bloomfield established this truth.

                Jack