Re: Questions (mostly about phonemics)

2007/1/21, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>:
>
> I've wondered for a long time... in languages where the obstruents do
> not have voicing distinctions, like Mandarin, don't the unaspirated
> stops sometimes surface as voiced *allophones*?
>
Yes indeed they do, in colloquial speech, intervocalically. But
they're not generally picked up upon except by the purposeful
listener, especially since they have no phonemic status anyway.

E.g. 你不是已經做了嗎？/nipuʂ̩jiʨiŋtsɤuləma/ [nibuʂ̩jiʥiŋtsɤuləma]