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In defence of the colon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

R. Obendorfer
R. Obendorfer
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(University of Oslo)
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In ‘The undesirability of length marks in EFL phonemic transcription’ (1975) J. Windsor Lewis advanced a number of arguments to demonstrate why the colon was undesirable as a notational device for use in EFL phonemic transcriptions. I will try to review the case systematically and draw attention to certain facts before an ANTI-COLON attitude becomes more widespread and irremediably fixed. To introduce some method into the treatment and to separate the issues clearly from one another, I will consider the question from five different aspects and in this order: (1) phonological, (2) phonetic, (3) typographical, (4) pedagogic, and (5) practical.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 66 - 72
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1977

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