As we say "school" like "sgool", "study" like "sdudy", what is the rule of pronunciation in linguistics? I need some theory or rules to support it, thank you.
2006-11-22 23:34:53 · 2 answers · asked by twcwayne 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Be careful! Your ears are trained to hear like your native language, but English speakers do not hear "school" as "sgool". We perceive a voiceless consonant there. You might have to do an acoustic analysis to prove that the consonant is voiced in that situation. If it is voiced, I would argue that it's affected by the fact that it's followed by a vowel, not that it's following [s].
Actually, in English, the consonant is often more affected by the following vowel. That is, if I say "school", the /k/ is farther back than the /k/ sound in "scar", because it is before [u], a back vowel. But our brains adjust for that when we perceive the sounds.
2006-11-23 08:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In English, these pronunciations are quite random. There is no general rule, which is a problem foreign learners.
2006-11-23 12:55:17 · answer #2 · answered by king kami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋