The Sounds of Spoken English a Manual of Ear Training for English Students
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In precise or emphatic speech, sufficient breath escapes after the opening of the passage to give the effect of [h] 5 ; thus Pay, pay/ 6 [p h ei, p h ei]. This occurs mostly before accented vowels, and sometimes finally 7 : I hope [ai houp h ]. 8 [p] is written p or pp ; rarely ph (as in a common pronunciation of diphtheria [dipflii'ria], for which see 27). Notice the spelling of hiccough [hikAp]. 2. [b], when there has been vibration of the vocal chords. [b] is written b or bb. 3. [m], when th...e velum is lowered and part of the breath passes out through the nose. (Generally speak- 1 Also called labial. 2 Also called dental. 3 Also called palatal. 4 Also called velar (from velum, for which see 8) and more usually, but less accurately, guttural. 8 An oral stop followed by [h] is called an aspirate. Aspi- rates are common in German, but practically unknown in standard French. 6 Examples in the conventional spelling are printed in italics. T i. E. At the end of a word, before a pause. 8 When the aspiration is strongly marked, it forms a charac- teristic of the speech of the lower middle class in London and some home counties.
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