Phonetics: Flaps and Glottals 1.1
In North American English, flaps (synonymous here with taps) are allophonic variants of the alveolar plosives /t/ and /d/, and glottal stops are allophonic variants of the voiceless alveolar plosive /t/.
Flaps are found in the phonological environment: vowel ____ vowel or syllabic /l, ɹ, m/, and as the onset of an unstressed syllable.
Glottal stops are found in various environments, depending on dialect; however, for this exercise, we will limit their surface form to the following phonological environment: vowel or /n/ ___ vowel or syllabic /n/, and as the onset of an unstressed syllable.
For this exercise, you are to determine whether the following words contain a flap, glottal stop, or neither.
Flaps are found in the phonological environment: vowel ____ vowel or syllabic /l, ɹ, m/, and as the onset of an unstressed syllable.
Glottal stops are found in various environments, depending on dialect; however, for this exercise, we will limit their surface form to the following phonological environment: vowel or /n/ ___ vowel or syllabic /n/, and as the onset of an unstressed syllable.
For this exercise, you are to determine whether the following words contain a flap, glottal stop, or neither.
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