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d. Aspiration Voiced stops (in English) are never aspirated. Voiceless stops are sometimes aspirated and sometimes not. These voiceless stops will be aspirated : a. Word-initial, regardless of stress: tap, cat, Topeka (stop precedes an unstressed vowel) , command (ditto)
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d. Aspiration Voiced stops (in English) are never aspirated. Voiceless stops are sometimes aspirated and sometimes not. These voiceless stops will be aspirated: a. Word-initial, regardless of stress: tap, cat, Topeka (stop precedes an unstressed vowel), command (ditto) [thQp] [khQt] [th«pik«] [kh«mQnd] b. Intervocalic (between 2 vowels) but only when preceding a stressed vowel. meticulous, repair, recalcitrant, return
These voiceless stops will be unaspirated: a. Following /s/ stop, skate, stick, stare, spike b.Intervocalic, preceding an unstressed vowel napping, camper, sicken,supper, thirsty (Note: Sometimes these are unaspirated, sometimes they are lightly aspirated.) See Table 5-2 (p. 96) of MacKay for a nice summary with examples.
Voice Onset Time (VOT) [phA] [bA] VOT ~0 ms VOT ~85 ms voicing onset voicing onset and release ~ simultaneous release VOT = Interval between articulatory release and onset of voicing.
Voice Onset Time (VOT) [phAt] [spAt] VOT ~10 ms VOT ~85 ms voicing onset release Very short delay between release and voicing onset (~10 ms)
[spAt] (unaspirated [p]) With [s] edited out
pack [phQk] capping [khQpIN] (aspirated [p])(lightly aspirated [p]) /p/ precedes stressed vowel (aspirated) /p/ precedes unstressed vowel (unaspirated or lightly aspirated)