Re: Primary and secondary stress in pt-PT

ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

http://rudhar.com/foneport/en/noteport.htm#Note15
What I transcribe as Sampa /1/ (I think it's i" in Kirshenbaum), close
central unrounded, is often really more like /M/ (close back
unrounded). In other words, its'an /u/ without the rounding. In yet
other words, it's the Turkish undotted i.


Then, it may be described as a closed schwa; i.e., a short closed vowel
of indistinct quality (it's quality presumably being determined largely
by its context).

It never deviates from central (imo), being near midway between [i] and [u] with a little tilt toward [i]; I think our [u] usually alternates with something alike, but tilted toward [u].
Both are short.
All in all what I meant is that I think their quality is well defined.
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