Phonetics: Aspiration 1.1
This exercise will help you practice recognizing oral stops (plosives) in Standard English that are aspirated (e.g., [tʰ] as in [tʰap] top) in addition to those that are not (e.g., [t] as in [stap] stop).
You have learned that, in Standard American English, oral stops are aspirated in two phonological environments: 1) word initially, due to the strength of this position, regardless of stress assignment; 2) at the very beginning of a stressed syllable:
1) Word-initial [ˈtʰejst] ‘taste’ and [pʰə ˈɹejd] ‘parade’
2) [ə ˈpʰiz] ‘appease’
However, voiceless stops that are in the C2 position of the syllable onset are not aspirated:
3) [stejt] ‘state’
For each question, decide whether the stop is aspirated or unaspirated.
You have learned that, in Standard American English, oral stops are aspirated in two phonological environments: 1) word initially, due to the strength of this position, regardless of stress assignment; 2) at the very beginning of a stressed syllable:
1) Word-initial [ˈtʰejst] ‘taste’ and [pʰə ˈɹejd] ‘parade’
2) [ə ˈpʰiz] ‘appease’
However, voiceless stops that are in the C2 position of the syllable onset are not aspirated:
3) [stejt] ‘state’
For each question, decide whether the stop is aspirated or unaspirated.
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