Wednesday, July 4, 2018

An Ambiguous Phonetic Transition

An ambiguous phonetic transition is a phonetic segment, found between two distinct segments, that may serve only a connective function phonetically and may, therefore, not be a phonologically distinct segment. Here are some kinds of ambiguous phonetic transitions with an example of each:
Ambiguous phonetic transition
Example :
  • Transition glide before or after non-open vowels : [iJa]
  • Transition vowel : [m«n]
  • Voicing transition : [sza]

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