1993/06/01 by Martin J. Ball · 2 citations
Psychology · Mathematics · #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Articulation (sociology) #Transcription (linguistics) #Regret #Phonetic transcription #Linguistics #Mathematics #Psychology #Philosophy #Statistics #Political science
paper · doi:10.1017/s0025100300004783
openalex publication_date 1993/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/30
I read with interest the note by Leigh Lisker in JIPA 22 (pp 57–61) concerning the problem of marking force of articulation in phonetic transcription, and his regret that the 1989 revisions did not include diacritics for the fortis-lenis distinction. It is true that there exists no universally agreed definition of articulatory force, however, as Professor Lisker points out, phoneticians involved in transcription frequently encounter the need to differentiate sounds of different strength which appear to be the same in other phonetic dimensions.