Re: CHAT: cultural interpretation [was Re: THEORY: language and the brain]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 04:59:18PM +0100, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> Staving Mark J Reed:
> >Aspirated stops are naturally more forceful than
> >non-aspirated, and voiceless stops are naturally more forceful
> >than voiced ones (at least in English; see earlier discussion re:
> >fortis/lenis).  So how is it counter-intuitive that the more forceful
> >stop in full voice remains the more forceful stop when whispered?
>
> I was thinking that voiced stop = stop + voice
>                      aspirated stop = stop + aspirate
> stop => stop
> voice => aspirate
Ah!  Well, that's entirely too logical to be true. :)

-Mark