Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 February 2009
The photographic production of scientific publications is on the increase. Consequently manuscripts which are fit for reproduction in this manner are necessary. Phonetic and linguistic papers often call for a mixed script, i.e. both the typemes of one (or more than one) language and the transcription symbols (phonetic and phonemic) are used. The preparation of a typescript of this sort is laborious even with the aid of a phonetic tandem-typewriter.
2 cf. The Principles of the International Phonetic Association, London, 1949 (reprinted 1964)Google Scholar, and Dieth, E., Vademekum der Phonetik, Bern, 1950Google Scholar, Addendum (table). It may be mentioned here though not discussed that this system puts some speech-communities at a disadvantage from the very outset through its selection of symbols.
3 A firm in Hawaii and recently also IBM.
4 The first numeral indicates the number of the head (and the corresponding table), the Roman numeral shows the row, and the third numeral the number of the figure. If the third number is raised it means that the figure is typed with the shift-key depressed; a lowered third number indicates that the figure is typed without using the shift-key.
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