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Stop release<br />

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Figure 4–2. An example of <strong>the</strong> segmentation of postaspiration. Postaspiration<br />

duration is def<strong>in</strong>ed here as mVOT, i.e. <strong>the</strong> duration of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terval between stop<br />

release <strong>and</strong> modal voice onset. (Subj. FS: […vi] till täl[tet…] ‘…we (come) to<br />

<strong>the</strong> tent…’)<br />

A similar tendency for a time lag between voice onset <strong>and</strong> modal<br />

voice onset has also been noted, although this does not seem to be as<br />

common. One such example is given <strong>in</strong> Figure 4–2, <strong>in</strong> which voice onset<br />

occurs approximately 30 ms before full modal voice is <strong>in</strong>itiated. For <strong>the</strong><br />

sake of uniformity, <strong>the</strong> same criteria are applied to <strong>the</strong> measurement of<br />

postaspiration as for preaspiration. Therefore, <strong>in</strong> all measurements <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

present data, postaspiration duration is def<strong>in</strong>ed as <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>terval between<br />

stop release <strong>and</strong> modal voice onset, i.e., as modal voice onset time, mVOT.<br />

For comparison, Figure 4–3 illustrates <strong>the</strong> production of unaspirated<br />

fortis stops <strong>in</strong> CSw. Subject MP (see section 4.2.1) produces two <strong>in</strong>stances<br />

of a dental fortis stop <strong>and</strong> one <strong>in</strong>stance of a bilabial lenis stop.<br />

Both fortis stops are produced as voiceless unaspirated, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>re is no<br />

sign of a change from modal to breathy voice before ei<strong>the</strong>r closure. After<br />

both closures, <strong>the</strong>re is a release <strong>in</strong>terval of approximately 25 ms, after<br />

which modal voic<strong>in</strong>g commences quite abruptly. In fact, apart from <strong>the</strong><br />

more forceful release, <strong>the</strong>re does not seem to be much difference <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

voic<strong>in</strong>g conditions before <strong>and</strong> after <strong>the</strong> two voiceless dental stops <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

voiced bilabial stop.<br />

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Voice onset<br />

Modal voice onset

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