LINGUIST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.5.8 - 3.2: Syllabic Consonant, Tenuis Consonant, Vowel Length

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LINGUIST 1A03
• Professor: Catherine Anderson

Document Summary

After the release of certain voiceless stops in english, you can hear a lag or brief delay before voicing of a following vowel. Aspiration lag in onset of vocalic voicing is accompanied by release of air. Transcribed with small raised [h] after aspired consonant. Second and third pictures show relation between articulation and voicing for unaspirated voiced consonants: unaspirated consonant (ex. Spill [p]) shows voicing of vowel very soon after release of the consonant closure. Last picture: look at how voicing precedes the release of the labial articulators. Unreleased stops: cap, pot, back, common to not release word-final stops at all. In some languages, a word-final stop is always unreleased. All syllables consist of either a vowel by itself or a consonant followed by a vowel. In english, there can be up to 3 consonants at the beginning of a syllable and up to 4 at the end.