From 4d750ed4d85180fd7097b165dae39cbcdd7829fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Reece H. Dunn" Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:23:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs/phonemes.md: restructure the articulation diacritics. --- docs/phonemes.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/phonemes.md b/docs/phonemes.md index 988ee689..3eb54df9 100644 --- a/docs/phonemes.md +++ b/docs/phonemes.md @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ - [Gemination](#gemination) - [Manner of Articulation](#manner-of-articulation) - [Vowels](#vowels) -- [Positioning Diacritics](#positioning-diacritics) +- [Diacritics](#diacritics) + - [Articulation](#articulation) - [Features](#features) - [Air Flow](#air-flow) - [Phonation](#phonation) @@ -481,22 +482,26 @@ __NOTE:__ The `smh` vowels are more `cnt` than the other vowels. However, this distinction is not needed to classify these vowels, so is not included in the above table. -## Positioning Diacritics +## Diacritics -The following IPA diacritics are only used by eSpeak NG to fill out positions -in the IPA consonant and vowel charts. As such those phonemes are transcribed -according to the features at that position, not using the features at the -location of the base phoneme with a feature for each of the positioning -diacritics. +### Articulation -| Symbol | Name | -|--------|-----------------| -| ◌̟ | advanced | -| ◌̠ | retracted | -| ◌̈ | centralized | -| ◌̽ | mid-centralized | -| ◌̝ | raised | -| ◌̞ | lowered | +| Feature | Symbol | Name | +|---------|--------|-----------------| +| `lgl` | ◌̼ | linguolabial | +| | ◌̪ | dental | +| `apc` | ◌̺ | apical | +| `lmn` | ◌̻ | laminal | +| | ◌̟ | advanced | +| | ◌̠ | retracted | +| | ◌̈ | centralized | +| | ◌̽ | mid-centralized | +| | ◌̝ | raised | +| | ◌̞ | lowered | + +The articulations that do not have a corresponding feature name are recorded +using the features of their new location in the consonant or vowel charts, not +using the features of the base phoneme. ## Features