Whispered voicing ( was: Re: /p/ versus devoiced b?)
| From: | Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 29, 2001, 16:19 |
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On Monday, January 29, 2001, at 09:50 AM, John Cowan wrote:
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> Whispered voiceless sounds are just like unwhispered ones. Voiced
> sounds use a special "whispered voicing" which isn't ordinarily
> used in most languages.
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Whispered voicing? Voicing involves the vibration of the vocal cords, right?
And whispering by definition involves no vibration of the vocal cords.
What then, is "whispered voicing"? ? ?
Andy
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