Phonemics: A Technique for Reducing Languages to Writing

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Contents......Page 13
Addenda and Errata......Page 19
Part I. Analysis and Production of Phonetic Units......Page 23
1. Phonetic Symbolism......Page 25
2. Phonetic Exercises for Pronouncing Sound Types......Page 34
3. Selections for Reading......Page 66
Part II. Analysis and Description of Phonemic Units......Page 79
4. The Premises of Practical Phonemics......Page 81
5. Preliminary Procedures......Page 91
6. Analytical Procedure One-A: The Phonemic Separation of Similar Segments Upon Finding Them in Contrast in Analogous Environments......Page 97
7. Analytical Procedure One-B: The Phonemic Separation of Similar Segments Upon Finding Them in Contrast in Identical Environments......Page 104
8. Analytical Procedure One-C: The Phonemic Uniting of Similar Segments Upon Finding Them in Mutually Exclusive Environments......Page 108
9. Analytical Procedure One Amplified for Special APplication to Problems of Pitch......Page 129
10. Analytical Procedure Two: Clues for Analysis Gained from Phonetic Symmetry......Page 140
11. Analytical Procedure Three: The Phonemic Uniting of Similar Segments Upon Finding Them Freely Fluctuating But Never in Contrast......Page 146
12. Analytical Procedure Four: The Phonemic Interpretation of Suspicious Segment Types and Segment Sequences by Analogy to Nonsuspicious or Predominant Structural Types and Sequences......Page 152
13. Analytical Procedures Further Amplified for Application to Special Problems of Border Phenomena......Page 183
14. Types of Descriptive Statements......Page 198
15. Sample Descriptive Statements......Page 215
Orthographical Procedures......Page 231
16. The Formation of Practical Alphabets......Page 232
Appendix......Page 251
How to Learn a Language......Page 252
The International Phonetic Alphabet......Page 256
Glossary and Index......Page 257