ipa austerlitz learned phonetics phonetic field technique robert austerlitz 19231994 reading joseph stemberger comments ipa democratizing process standarizing phonetic writing linguist 6 185 thought austerlitz taught austerlitz never asked us memorize ipa system instead taught us several different systems notation expected us able describe sounds place articulation manner articulation expected know ipa course referred us several different sources slightly different version standard systems classroom remarkable teacher made fieldworker used number symbols rarely seen anywhere else one favorites cardinal vowel 61 remember correctly meant high back unrounded vowel written turned ipa 61 merely letter uy cyrillic alphabet fieldtechnique classes encouraged make new symbols describe heard remember session speaker shanqhae expressed greatest pleasure joseph davis wrote initial consonant cooked rice digraph made v lowercase f planted arms expressed graphically unusual shanqhae sound davis described clearly labiodental fricative somehow sounded voiced voiceless time austerlitz first mentioned ipa would say diacritics could used express recounted chao claim many chinese dialects initial consonants inbetween voiced voiceless went discuss ways others thought write actually though use ipa voiced voiceless breathy voicing diacritics might quite right voiced initials shanqhae lower register words neither contrastively voiced contrastively unvoiced apparent breathy semivoicing seems actually feature tone initials speakers pronounce initial initial afterwards way syllable davis symbol good idea time though expressed lack contrast vividly met quite number linguists complaints ipa variety systems use people hardly ever seem fieldworkers nt believe know two fieldworkers use phonetic symbols quite way nt seem care everyone seems different preferences well people instance cant abide write h aspiration line write seemingly full segment others leave h altogether saying english instance need written explicitly chinese tend write aspiration reversed apostrophe greek probably continuing tradition older systems romanization chinese fact whole class vowels frictionless sibilants nt made way ipa well special set alveolopalatal consonants really necessary maybe chinese going give sure part dislike plain schwa prefer use four schwaarea vowels closemid openmid rounded unrounded ipa recognizes even became official using current symbols although sometimes used special diacritics schwa vowels important areas work rural fwujiann every chinese dialectologist know uses schwa like mad number vowels consider quite distinct understand though fieldworkers basically explorers part go field codify known search unknown play symbols try different ways writing things develop habits transcription distinctive handwriting reflect different ways interpreting sounds natural circumstances different standards take shape fieldwork adventure transcriptional practice reflects cant imagine anyone thinks need single democratically devised standard ipa sort good enough people actually use someone nt like borrow tradition american perhaps invent another want look person notes learn system might take long 10 minutes problem trade freedom transcriptional expression rigid code would benefit chaos multiple standards stemberger mentions nt bother two things bother though one frequent changes ipa bandied recently kiel version ipa first promulgated aghast large number weirdlooking symbols came revision kiel things different nt mind adjustments long introduced gradually like agreement couple years ago either way writing g acceptable took decades get straight idea lots changes introduced introduced right away frightens little nt say nt enjoy hearing different proposals people advocate probably still stick transcriptional habits even thing bothers mob systematizers standardizers formalists unificationists seem pop everywhere linguistics like dandelions side road mind formal systematization enemy good fieldwork democratic vote ever taken subject phonetic alphabets hereby move restricted people minimum 100 hours fieldwork acoustic measurement every year fresh research rest welcome listen enjoy show please nt try tell business david prager branner yuen ren society asian do21 university washington seattle wa 98195 charmii u washington edu