Re: BBC does it again

Brian M. Scott wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:11:53 -0400, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:6b8ch7F3aur64U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

Brian M. Scott wrote:

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:53:09 -0400, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:6b84d6F3a58pkU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

[...]

It does seem (to me) reasonable to suggest that whatever
phonemic representation one chooses to use ought to
express the same thing as the phonemic model the same
person uses to describe a language. [...]

I don't agree,

Why? Why *would* one use a representation that doesn't
correspond to the model? [...]

John's given one reason. Another is to avoid throwing away
information that may be useful, either to someone else or to
me on another occasion. I'm not much interested in abstract
phonology; I *am* interested in useful description.

Well--the phonetic representation conveys *that*! I'm talking about the phonemic representation, so by definition we're talking about the abstract phonology.
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