Re: possesives in -s

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> Are you pronouncing it in isolation, or in an arbitrary intrasentential
> context?  When I do the former, there is marked half-voicing on the
> final <s>;  when I do the latter, there is full voicing, even when the following
> segment is voiceless, as in <Ross's plays>.
I was pronouncing it in isolation.  It's hard to tell when not in
isolation, but I think I have the same as you, i.e., fully voiced in
that situation.  Interesting, I hadn't thought about it being different
in such a situation.

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