-
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...
- alveolo-palatal
nasal may be
transcribed as ⟨n̠̊ʲ⟩ (
devoiced,
retracted and
palatalized ⟨n⟩), or ⟨ɲ̟̊⟩ (
devoiced and
advanced ⟨ɲ⟩);
these are
essentially equivalent...
-
Complete devoicing of sonorants: In English, a
sonorant is
completely devoiced after an
aspirated plosive (/p, t, k/).
Partial devoicing of obstruents:...
- high
vowels are not
devoiced next to a
voiced segment in
careful pronunciation. The non-high
vowels /a o e/ are
sometimes devoiced,
usually between voiceless...
- the
fricative trill. The fricative-trill can be
transcribed as ⟨ʀ̝̊⟩ (a
devoiced and
raised uvular trill) in IPA. It is
found as
either the
fortis counterpart...
-
Aspiration of
implosive /s/.
Frequent ellision of
final /d/ ([maˈðɾi]) and
devoicing /θ/ ([maˈðɾiθ] )
coexist with the
standard preservation ([maˈðɾið] ) realised...
- (A
devoiced vowel in this
process must be
underlyingly low, not an
underlyingly high
vowel which has been
devoiced by the High-Pitch
Devoicing rule...
- may be
optionally devoiced at the end of a
breath group, and this may
apply even if the
preceding vowel has
undergone organic devoicing. Additionally, an...
