The Sounds of English : Chapter 28

pp. 248-250

Voicing

What is a voice bar?

 

For what sounds is there a voice bar?

 

Why does the voice bar disappear during a final /z/?

 

Why is the final sound of 'days' classified as /z/ and not as /s/?

 

What is the real difference between /d/ and /t/?

 

How does aspiration show up on a spectrogram?

 

What does VOT stand for?

 

Give a definition of VOT.

 

What are typical values for the VOT of /t/ in English?