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Phonetics 1 - Exercise 6 Suggestions for answers

1    The two main points of difference between the pronunciations of feet and feed are:

- The vowel (FLECCE) is LONG in feed, but CLIPPED (shortened) in feet.
- The final plosice in feed is lenis and voiced, while the final plosive in feet is fortis and unvoiced..
 

2    What are the TWO main points of difference bwteen the pronunciations of rice and rise ?

- The vowel (PRICE) is LONG in rise, but CLIPPED (shortened) in rice.
- The final fricative in rise is lenis and voiced, while the final fricative in rice is fortis and unvoiced..
 

3    The five features are voicing, length, aspiration, glottalization, and stength.
    Which of these features are important for the forti-lenis distinction in
        a.    plosives ? - especially aaspiration and glottalization.
        b.    fricatives - especially voicing
        c.    affricates? - aespecially voicing and glottalization
            Aspiration is significant mostlyy in stressed syllable-initial position (pin/bin, tale/dale, cot/got).
            Voicing is most significant in medial ðpsitions (suppr/rubber, latter/ladder, ricking/rigging).
            Gottalization occurs only inmedial and final cfortis plosive or affricate clusters (butcher, match, matress).

4  Gice examples of English words where an Icelander might use pre-aspiration.

stop, what, happy, lucky, supper, bitter, apple ....