@mr0speaker What I think I mean is that it seems that for English stop consonants, underlying, the main difference is that p,t k are aspirated, b, d, g are unaspirated; the voicing is just a reflex that gets added on the surface.
@mr0speaker I already knew that. Yes, aspiration is not phonemic in English; but if you pronounce English with the wrong aspiration maybe English speakers would not understand or would think what you said sounds strange or un-natural.
thank you so much for this lecture, i really need it cuz im going to study this subject, i will download all your work if you dont mind. keep up , you are doing great job.
I don't agree that aspiration vs non-aspiration does not make a difference in English. I thought the real difference between "voiced" & "un-voiced" consonants was that "voiced" stops are unaspirated and unvoiced stops are aspirated. Thus if I hear "tip" sounded with an unaspirated & unvoiced t, I will probably think I heard "dip;" Record stop and then play back but delete the s and you will think you are hearing dop.
Very clear, organized, brief definitions of basic vocabulary. Very helpful & useful information. Thank you.
mrknthny7562 3 months ago
Are you Portuguese? lol good video, I’m studying linguistics as well.
daphneisthebest 1 year ago
@mr0speaker What I think I mean is that it seems that for English stop consonants, underlying, the main difference is that p,t k are aspirated, b, d, g are unaspirated; the voicing is just a reflex that gets added on the surface.
lyutsin21 1 year ago
@lyutsin21 True yeah, it would probably sound strange / unnatural, but it shouldn't change the meaning of the word
mr0speaker 1 year ago
@mr0speaker I already knew that. Yes, aspiration is not phonemic in English; but if you pronounce English with the wrong aspiration maybe English speakers would not understand or would think what you said sounds strange or un-natural.
lyutsin21 1 year ago
@lyutsin21 voicing and aspiration are separate. /top/ unvoiced would sound like /dop/ but /top/ unaspirated would sound more like the /t/ in /stop/.
English speakers can not notice aspiration, unlike in languages such as Hindi. Where /p/ and /ph/ are different phonemes.
mr0speaker 1 year ago
thank you so much for this lecture, i really need it cuz im going to study this subject, i will download all your work if you dont mind. keep up , you are doing great job.
allahservant1 1 year ago
I don't agree that aspiration vs non-aspiration does not make a difference in English. I thought the real difference between "voiced" & "un-voiced" consonants was that "voiced" stops are unaspirated and unvoiced stops are aspirated. Thus if I hear "tip" sounded with an unaspirated & unvoiced t, I will probably think I heard "dip;" Record stop and then play back but delete the s and you will think you are hearing dop.
lyutsin21 1 year ago
I love the way you teaching. Your video really help me a lot. Thanks:)
fmaya87 1 year ago
This is an excellent teaching of English phonology.
VIOBYI 1 year ago