Fortis and lenis – the inside story
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Fortis and lenis – the inside story
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Fortis and lenis – the inside story. AFFRICATES. FRICATIVES. PLOSIVES. fortis. lenis. FORTIS. LENIS. voicing. often voiced. unvoiced. length. shorter. longer. strength. stronger. weaker. not aspirated. may be aspirated. aspiration. not glottalized. may be glottalized. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Fortis and lenis –the inside story
fortis
lenis
PLOSIVES
FRICATIV
ES
AFFRICATES
FORTIS LENIS
• length
• voicing
• strength
• aspiration
• glottalization
unvoiced often voiced
longer shorter
stronger weaker
not aspirated
not glottalized
may be glottalized
may be aspirated
FORTIS LENIS
• voicing unvoiced often voiced
initial to domedial weighty ladyfinal mate made
initial sink zincmedial looser loserfinal priceprize
FORTIS LENIS
• voicing unvoiced often voiced
Particular problems for Icelanders:voicing of final plosives
rip – rib, rope – robe, wipe – vibemat – mad, mate – meid, rote – roadleak – league, lock – log, back – bagbatch – badge, rich – ridge
FORTIS LENIS
• length longer shorter
initial to domedial weighty ladyfinal mate made
initial sink zincmedial looser loserfinal priceprize
FORTIS LENIS
Note: there are no long consonants in English as there are in Icelandic
Compare:rubber – labourladdy – ladyeager – bigger
• length longer shorter
FORTIS LENIS
• strength stronger weaker
initial to domedial weighty ladyfinal mate made
initial sink zincmedial looser loserfinal priceprize
FORTIS LENIS• aspiration may be
aspiratednot aspirated
pie buytie diecave gave
FORTIS LENIS• aspiration may be
aspiratednot aspirated
piebuyspypúabúaspúla
FORTIS LENIS
Particular problems for Icelanders:preaspiration
rappa – supper, stopp – stop skvetta – better, matt – Matt - matrekka – wrecker, lakk - lackfitness, apple, bottle, picnic
• aspiration may beaspirated
not aspirated
FORTIS LENIS
• glottalization may beglottalized
not glottalized
thatwhatshopmakematchcaptain
FORTIS LENIS
• length
• voicing
• strength
• aspiration
• glottalization
unvoiced often voiced
longer shorter
stronger weaker
not aspirated
not glottalized
may be glottalized
may be aspirated
FORTIS LENIS
• voicing unvoiced often voiced
• aspirationnot aspirated
may be aspirated
English ph b
French p b
Fortis
Lenis
PIE BUY
PEAU BEAU
Icelandic ph pPÆ BÆ
English
ph p b
French
Icelandic pæ bæ
peau beau
pie buy
pH-sp, tH-st, kH-sk
pin
pHin
tie
tHai
key
kHI
spin
spin
sty
stai
ski
skI
pin penni
spin spenni
bin benni
VOT
Voice Onset time
release
pin penni
binspin spenna, benni
labour, grabberábót, labba
rabb, roprub
toptopp
super, supper
lipclosure
VOT no voicingvoicing
VOT
Voice Onset Time
bay
labour
lipclosure
release
labba
pay, páll
bein
no voicingvoicing
