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Re: CHAT: Importance of stress

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Saturday, January 29, 2000, 4:10
Matt Pearson wrote:
> And anyway, > if the /p/ were entirely syllable-final, then it would be unreleased, > as it is in "capture", and for me it's definitely not unreleased.
Interesting. It definitely IS unreleased for me. In fact, I suspect that there's a momentary voicing before the /i/ starts.
> For other speakers (like you, I would > suppose), one constraint ranks more highly than the other, and > so there's no impression of ambisyllabicity.
Hmm, reasonable enough assumption. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor