-
pronounced as
either the [s]
phone or the [z]
phone since /z/ is
frequently devoiced, even in
fluent speech,
especially at the end of an utterance. The sequence...
-
alveolar stop /d/ is
regularly devoiced in African-American
Vernacular English (AAVE). Old
English had
final devoicing of /v/,
although the
spelling did...
- /p t k/ in the
onsets of
stressed syllables unless preceded by /s/) are
devoiced such as in please, crack, twin, and pewter.
Several varieties of English...
- [ẽhaʔ], [ohaʔ], and [õha], [e] and [ẽ]
devoiced as [e̥, ẽ̥],
sound like a
whispered [j], and [o] and [õ]
devoiced as [o̥, õ̥],
sound like a
whispered [w]...
- alveolo-palatal
nasal may be
transcribed as ⟨n̠̊ʲ⟩ (
devoiced,
retracted and
palatalized ⟨n⟩), or ⟨ɲ̟̊⟩ (
devoiced and
advanced ⟨ɲ⟩);
these are
essentially equivalent...
- bit Z z zet /z̪/ zoo [s̪] when
devoiced. For
digraphs see
Digraphs Ź ź ziet /ʑ/
vision (alveolo-palatal) [ɕ] when
devoiced. For dź see
Digraphs Ż ż żet...
- The
conditions for this
neutralization are
described under Voicing and
devoicing in the
article on
Polish phonology. The
spelling rule for the alveolo-palatal...
-
Complete devoicing of sonorants: In English, a
sonorant is
completely devoiced after an
aspirated plosive (/p, t, k/).
Partial devoicing of obstruents:...
- [fʊɫ], GA
light [ɫaɪt] All
sonorants (liquids /l, r/ and
nasals /m, n, ŋ/)
devoice when
following a
voiceless obstruent, and they are
syllabic when following...
- have a 'semi-
devoiced'
pronunciation where phonetic voicing stops partway through the
closure of the consonant. High
vowels are not
devoiced after phonemically...
