Phonemics a technique for reducing languages to writing - Pike, Kenneth Lee 1912-2000 (Ann Arbor, [Michigan] University of Michigan Press, 1947)
Phonetic symbolism -- Phonetic exercises for producing sound types -- Selection for reading -- The premises of practical phonemics -- Preliminary procedures -- Analytical procedure one-A: the phonemic separation of similar segments upon finding them in contrast in analogous environments -- Analytical procedure one-B: the phonemic separation of similar segments upon finding them in contrast in identical environments -- Analytical procedure one-C: the phonemic uniting of similar segments upon finding them in mutually exclusive environments -- Analytical procedure one amplified for special application to problem of pitch -- Analytical procedure two: clues for analysis gained from phonetic symmetry -- Analytical procedure three: the phonemic uniting of similar segments upon finding them freely fluctuating but never in contrast -- Analytical procedure four: the phonemic interpretation of suspicious segment types and segment sequences by analogy to nonsuspicious or predominate structural types and sequences -- Analytical procedures further amplified for application to special problems of border phenomena -- Types of descriptive statements -- Sample descriptive statements -- The formation of practical alphabets.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Phonetics; Language and languages -- Phonetic transcriptions; Phonemics