Re: Pronunciation

> flexibility and accuracy of IPA

The point is that if Pronunciation is going to be
addressed by students and teachers the way God meant
it to be, it has to become accessible.  Stressed,
unstressed, what?  One symbol is enough.  
If a student knows French, the 'eu' will provide a
scaffold so close to the inverted V (or squiggly big
U) sound itself that the jump to the real sound will
not be a 'major breakthrough'.  
Lots of proximate but inaccurate sounds are resolved
by neighboring sounds, as you know.  The written 'zh'
in pinyin is resolved by listening.  The 'x' in 'xin'
is resolved by listening and a willingness to
approximate the accepted native pronunciation.  I mean
EVERYONE has studied IPA, and EVERYONE's listened to
Jones tapes.
Nelson Bank

 





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