Re: Whispered voicing ( was: Re: /p/ versus devoiced b?)

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Eric Christopherson wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 10:34:47AM -0600, Patrick Dunn wrote:
> > Creaky voice.
> >
> > The vocal cords vibrate, but are held very tense to prevent full voicing.
> > If you hold them even more tensely, you have whispered voicing.
>
> Does this relate in any way to Indic-style voiced aspirates? If not, could
> someone describe those for me? :)
>
That's exactly it - according to some. But I've also heard accounts of
linguists having heard _real_ aspirated voiced consonants. I imagine
that those would be consonants with a voiced onset, follow by a vowel
with a voiceless onset and voiced ending. Or something ;-).

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