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Fry: acoustic cues for consonants • • • o o

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants • • • o o

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants Fry p 135 Remind yourself of the fortis-lenis distinction

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants Fry p 135 Remind yourself of the fortis-lenis distinction in the slide for week 6 – as far as English is concerned, keep particularly in mind the eight fortis-lenis pairs (Fry says nine, which puzzles me. . . -- see next slide→

ES V I S O L P fortis lenis What is the situation for

ES V I S O L P fortis lenis What is the situation for your language? CA I FR TI S E V S E T R F AF A C I

ph Icelandic pæ French English p bæ peau pie b beau buy

ph Icelandic pæ French English p bæ peau pie b beau buy

VOT lip closure no voicing release labour, grabber ábót, labba super, supper penni spenna,

VOT lip closure no voicing release labour, grabber ábót, labba super, supper penni spenna, benni pin spin bin rabb, rop rub topp

Tihomir, BA essay

Tihomir, BA essay

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants • Medially, English lenis plosives are fully voiced. •

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants • Medially, English lenis plosives are fully voiced. • Initially or finally, they may be only partially voiced (plosives may be fully or almost fully unvoiced). In these cases other cues help identity:

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants p 137 • plosives: • fricatives: • nasals: The

Fry: acoustic cues for consonants p 137 • plosives: • fricatives: • nasals: The cue for fricatives • laterals and semi-vowels:

p 138 • 14 sythesized patterns • No change in the F 1 •

p 138 • 14 sythesized patterns • No change in the F 1 • Transitions in the F 2

bilabial – alveolar – velar: “bay day gay” b d d g

bilabial – alveolar – velar: “bay day gay” b d d g

 • Reverse for final consonants • Rising and falling / minus and plus

• Reverse for final consonants • Rising and falling / minus and plus • minus: bilabial • zero: alveolar • plus: velar

p. 140 pa ba ta da ka ga: in Week 8 NB spectrum settings

p. 140 pa ba ta da ka ga: in Week 8 NB spectrum settings in Praat