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2020-03-22 17:59:02 #Frotis vs. #Lenis Sounds Open / Comment

2020-03-22 17:54:08 Notes on Problems and Further Reading (Frotis vs. Lenis)

It has been pointed out that the transcription /sb/, /sd/, /sg/ could be used quite appropriately instead of /sp/, /st/, /sk/ in syllable-initial position.

The vowel length difference before final voiceless consonants is apparently found in many (possibly all) languages, but in English this difference - which is very slight in most languages - has become exaggerated so that it has become the most important factor in distinguishing between final /p/, /t/, /k/ and /b/, /d/, /g/.

Some phonetics books wrongly state that /b/, /d/, /g/ lengthen preceding vowels, rather than that /p/, /t/, /k/ shorten them. The conclusive evidence on this point is that if we take the pair ‘right’ /raɪt/ and ‘ride’ /raɪd/, and then compare ‘rye’ /raɪ/, the length of the /aɪ/ diphthong when no consonant follows is practically the same as in ‘ride’; the /aɪ/ in ‘right’ is much shorter than the /aɪ/ in ‘ride’ and ‘rye’.


https://t.me/English_Phonetics_and_Phonology Open / Comment

2020-03-14 19:53:22 Tables like this can be produced for all the different consonants. Each major type of consonant (such as plosives like /p/, /t/, /k/, fricatives like /s/, /z/, and nasals like /m/, /n/) obstructs the airflow in a different way, and these are classed as different manners of articulation. Open / Comment

2020-03-14 19:51:53 4.5 #Fortis and #Lenis Open / Comment