DEVOICING

Allophones are

• the smallest contrastive phonological unit which can produce a difference in meaning

• the variants of each phoneme

Fortis consonants...

• are voiceless.

• are voiced.

• have no energy counterpart.

• are voiceless plosives, fricatives and affricates.

Devoicing

•  occurs when voiced consonants lose their voice when they are followed or preceded by voiceless consonants

• occurs when voiceless consonants  lose either part or all their voice,

• occurs when voiced consonants  lose either part or all their voice, according to the phonetic environment

/m/   /n/   /ŋ/   /j/   /w/   /l/   /r/

• are lenis consonants

• are voiced and have no energy counterpart

• are plosive consonant sounds

• All the options are correct!

The devoiced sounds here /hɪ hæd ten bɒksɪz/ are:

This [ɦ] is the ... h

Intervocalic h occurs

• when voiceless h gets voiced when surrounded by vowels

• when voiced h loses part or all their voice when followed or preceded by voiceless consonants

• when voiced h loses part or all their voice when followed or preceded by a pause

Smooth transition is a linking feature which consists of...

The difference between linking /r/ and intrusive /r/ is...

"He reached out and changed it" is pronounced as...

• /hɪ riːʧt aʊt ən ʧeɪnʤd ɪt/

• /hɪ riːʧ taʊt ən ʧeɪnʤ dɪt/

• /hɪ riːʧ taʊtən ʧeɪnʤ dɪt/