Den 1. apr. 2009 kl. 10.13 skreiv Tristan McLeay:
> It's the same situation with English and French /b/ and /p/. For an
> English /b/ and a French /p/, the aim is to begin voicing the moment
> the sound is released. But the English sound has as its contrast the
> English /p/, which has as its aim to begin voicing after the the lips
> are released, and the French sound has as its contrast the French /b/,
> which has as its aim to begin voicing before the lips are released.
What do you mean by "aim"? Is there a requirement that there should
be voicing after a /p/ in English? (And is this a clue to why it is
dropped before a t or an s?)
LEF