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A Revised Phonetic Alphabet proposed by the Maritimes Dialect Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

H. Rex Wilson ,
M. G. Wanamaker  and
A. M. Kinloch
H. Rex Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
M. G. Wanamaker
Affiliation:
University of Winnipeg
A. M. Kinloch
Affiliation:
University of New Brunswick
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The origins of this Revised Phonetic Alphabet lie in the attempts of the Maritimes Dialect Survey to find an alphabet which would allow a computor to handle phonetic data readily and conveniently. This necessitated planning an alphabet which could be adapted to an 88-place ‘golf ball’ which could then be used with, for example, an IBM Selectric typewriter; that is to say, the proposed alphabet had to consist of not more than 88 ‘elements’. In fact, the Revised Phonetic Alphabet described herein consists of 85.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , June 1973 , pp. 29 - 35
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1973

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