Post on 14-Dec-2015
FORTIS LENIS
• length
• voicing
• strength
• aspiration
• glottalization
unvoiced often voiced
longer shorter
stronger weaker
not aspirated
not glottalized
may be glottalized
may be aspirated
FORTIS LENIS
• voicing unvoiced often voiced
initial to domedial weighty ladyfinal mate made
initial sink zincmedial looser loserfinal priceprize
FORTIS LENIS
• voicing unvoiced often voiced
Particular problems for Icelanders:voicing of final plosives
rip – rib, rope – robe, wipe – vibemat – mad, mate – meid, rote – roadleak – league, lock – log, back – bagbatch – badge, rich – ridge
FORTIS LENIS
• length longer shorter
initial to domedial weighty ladyfinal mate made
initial sink zincmedial looser loserfinal priceprize
FORTIS LENIS
Note: there are no long consonants in English as there are in Icelandic
Compare:rubber – labourladdy – ladyeager – bigger
• length longer shorter
FORTIS LENIS
• strength stronger weaker
initial to domedial weighty ladyfinal mate made
initial sink zincmedial looser loserfinal priceprize
FORTIS LENIS
Particular problems for Icelanders:preaspiration
rappa – supper, stopp – stop skvetta – better, matt – Matt - matrekka – wrecker, lakk - lackfitness, apple, bottle, picnic
• aspiration may beaspirated
not aspirated
FORTIS LENIS
• length
• voicing
• strength
• aspiration
• glottalization
unvoiced often voiced
longer shorter
stronger weaker
not aspirated
not glottalized
may be glottalized
may be aspirated
release
pin penni
binspin spenna, benni
labour, grabberábót, labba
rabb, roprub
toptopp
super, supper
lipclosure
VOT no voicingvoicing