Question

Match the following diacritics with their explanations.

1)unreleased stops

2)aspirated stops

3)unaspirated stops

4)nasal emission

5)denasality

6)partial voicing

7)partial devoicing

a) air is released through the nose when it should not be

b) there is no air released when a stop sound is made, usually happens at the ends of words

c) air is released when a voiceless stop is at the beginning of a syllable

d) a voiceless sounds obtains some voicing because it is next to a voiced sound

e) air is not released when a stop is the 2nd or 3rd member of a cluster

f) air is not released through the nose when it should be

g) a voiced sound loses some voicing because it is next to a voiceless sound

Answer 1

1. Unreleased stop: there is no air released when a stop sound is made, usually happens at the ends of words.

2. Aspirated stops: air is released when a voiceless stop is at the beginning of a syllable.

3. Unaspirated stops: there is no air released when a stop sound is made, usually happens at the ends of words.

4. Nasal emission: air is released through the nose when it should not be.

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