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Fortis and lenis – the inside story. AFFRICATES. FRICATIVES. PLOSIVES. fortis. lenis. FORTIS. LENIS. voicing. often voiced. unvoiced. length. shorter. longer. strength. stronger. weaker. not aspirated. may be aspirated. aspiration. not glottalized. may be glottalized.
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Fortis and lenis – the inside story
AFFRICATES FRICATIVES PLOSIVES fortis lenis
FORTIS LENIS • voicing often voiced unvoiced • length shorter longer • strength stronger weaker not aspirated may be aspirated • aspiration not glottalized may be glottalized • glottalization
FORTIS LENIS • voicing often voiced unvoiced initial to do medial weighty lady final mate made initial sink zinc medial looser loser final price prize
FORTIS LENIS • voicing often voiced unvoiced • Particular problems for Icelanders: • voicing of final plosives • rip – rib, rope – robe, wipe – vibe • mat – mad, mate – meid, rote – road • leak – league, lock – log, back – bag • batch – badge, rich – ridge
FORTIS LENIS • length shorter longer initial to do medial weighty lady final mate made initial sink zinc medial looser loser final price prize
FORTIS LENIS • length shorter longer • Note: there are no long consonants in English as there are in Icelandic • Compare: • rubber – labour • laddy – lady • eager – bigger
FORTIS LENIS • strength weaker stronger initial to do medial weighty lady final mate made initial sink zinc medial looser loser final price prize
FORTIS LENIS • aspiration not aspirated may be aspirated piebuy tie die cave gave
FORTIS LENIS • aspiration not aspirated may be aspirated pie buy spy púa búa spúla
FORTIS LENIS • aspiration not aspirated may be aspirated • Particular problems for Icelanders: • preaspiration • rappa – supper, stopp – stop • skvetta – better, matt – Matt - mat • rekka – wrecker, lakk - lack • fitness, apple, bottle, picnic
FORTIS LENIS • glottalization not glottalized may be glottalized that what shop make match captain
FORTIS LENIS • voicing often voiced unvoiced • length shorter longer • strength stronger weaker not aspirated may be aspirated • aspiration not glottalized may be glottalized • glottalization
voicing often voiced unvoiced not aspirated may be aspirated • aspiration FORTIS LENIS
ph p Icelandic French p b Lenis Fortis ph b English PIE BUY PÆ BÆ PEAU BEAU
ph p b Icelandic pæ bæ French peau beau English pie buy
pin pHin tie tHai key kHI spin spin sty stai ski skI pH-sp, tH-st, kH-sk
pin penni spenni spin bin benni
VOT Voice Onset time
no voicing voicing release lip closure penni pin labour, grabber spin spenna, benni ábót, labba bin super, supper rabb, rop rub top topp VOT
VOT Voice Onset Time
lip closure release labba labour pay, páll bay bein no voicing voicing