Geewiz, Richard's question seems to open up the old Pandora's box (or can of worms?): do phonemes exist or not? Is there any colleague who would like to propose to conduct a poll?
Pierre
PS: I am reluctant to propose it myself in fear of it becoming like Evolution vs. Intelligent Design...
Hi,
I keep seeing phonemes being referred to as if they are real sounds.
However I recollect seeing a discussion in a book which identified phonemes as being abstract definitions/notations and NOT representations of actual sounds.
So what's "the truth" here? Can computers create and/or recognise phomemes .. or is the notation too abstract?
regards,
Richard