Stop variations

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Stop variations

• There are numerous allophonic variations of /t/.
• Allophonic variations in IPA, are indicated
  through the use of narrow transcription using
  diacritic markers.

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• Variations of /t/
• Intervocalic /t/ Oklahoma City
• pattern
• fattest
• later
• alligator

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• So, is there a difference between Adam and atom?
• Those words with an orthographic t, which is
  voiceless, have a short vowel duration on the
  vowel preceding the t
• Those words with an orthographic d, which is
  voiced, have a long vowel duration on the vowel
  preceding the d
• bitter bidder
• matter - madder

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• Glottal /t/
• button
• kitten
• whiten
• brighten
• bitten

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Alveolar flap

• Forget about it!!!!!

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What the heck are syllabics?

• Any single sound that functions as a syllable is
  a syllabic.
• All vowels can be syllabics
• about
• never
• agile

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• SOME consonants can be syllabics!
• /m/, /n/, /?/, /l/
• tap em
• redden
• backing up
• medal

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Except for /l/, syllabics must have a homorganic
relationship to the preceding consonant in the
same syllable!

• redden /d/ and /n/ are alveolars
• tap em /p/ and /m/ are labials
• backin /k/ and /?/ are velars

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Practice words at your desk!

• Intervocalic Glottal stop
• letter Latin
• better kitten
• batted flatten
• Syllabics
• tattle
• middle
• deaden

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Practice words at the board!