Preaspiration in the Nordic Languages: Synchronic and Diachronic ...

GT’s production of dungar ‘groves’ (Figure 4–35) and FS’s production
of börjar ‘begins’ (Figure 4–36) are examples of such word-initial stops.
l f
Figure 4–31. Subj. MP: .golf t[ill…]
‘Golf to…’
– 141 –
b s
Figure 4–32. Subj. GT: .bassäng
‘Swimming-pool.’
Typically, voicing weakens towards the end of the stop as subglottal
and supraglottal pressure are equalising. In some cases, voicing will
cease towards the end of the stop closure phase to be reinitiated upon
release. The bilabial voiced stop in Figure 4–36 provides an example of
this. Figure 4–36 also provides an example of a voiced, word-initial stop
in the function word då ‘then.’
j
Figure 4–33. Subj. FS: .där har jag
[…] ‘There I have…’
v ð
Figure 4–34. Subj. FS: .där var
de[n…] ‘There it was…’