One technical correction

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

If somebody is formally educated in linguistics, one will realize

that Sanjay and I have been misusing the word " phoneme " . This word in

modern linguistics is used for a sound at the lowest level

(e.g. /a/, /i/, /k/, /p/ etc). The sound " pa " , for example, is not

one phoneme, but a combination of two phonemes (p and a). But it is

one akshara or syllable.

 

Both Sanjay and I have used " phoneme " in the sense of akshara (e.g.

pa, pla, om, ke etc). A more appropriate English word for this would

be syllable, but I continued the word phoneme as Sanjay used it.

 

All the discussion remains the same, but those who know what exactly

phoneme means should realize that we used the word in a different

sense - that of a syllable or akshara.

 

I am sending this mail to avoid confusion if somebody knows the

correct meaning.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha