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- adjective phonetics Of
consonants , formed by making avoiced consonant, but with the vocal folds closed.
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Examples
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I presumed that the difference between *d and *dh must have been in regards to the onset of voicing (VOT), the former being "semi-voiced" (as "d" is spoken in English) and the latter being "fully voiced" (as "d" is spoken in French).
Winter's Law in Balto-Slavic, "Hybrid Theory" and phonation - Part 2 2008
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In relation to PIE phonology, creaky voiced stops may seem like the "semi-voiced" stops I'm looking for because of the accompanying crackle in the throat that intermittantly allows air through a flapping narrow passage in the throat.
Winter's Law in Balto-Slavic, "Hybrid Theory" and phonation - Part 2 2008
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Personally, I suspect they are unaspirated and possibly semi-voiced much like in English.
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Jan 05 2008 Egad, I stated "PIE itself did not have ejectives but only aspirated, semi-voiced 'fortis' stops" and I of course meant unaspirated fortis stops.
The origin of the Indo-European uvular stop (traditionally the "plain, non-palatalized stop") 2008
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Instead, let's ponder on the possibility that *d was not merely "semi-voiced" but also had a marked phonation.
Winter's Law in Balto-Slavic, "Hybrid Theory" and phonation - Part 2 2008
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I suggest giving it the phonetic value of an unaspirated, possibly semi-voiced, stop.
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Instead, let's ponder on the possibility that *d was not merely "semi-voiced" but also had a marked phonation.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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I presumed that the difference between *d and *dh must have been in regards to the onset of voicing (VOT), the former being "semi-voiced" (as "d" is spoken in English) and the latter being "fully voiced" (as "d" is spoken in French).
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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In relation to PIE phonology, creaky voiced stops may seem like the "semi-voiced" stops I'm looking for because of the accompanying crackle in the throat that intermittantly allows air through a flapping narrow passage in the throat.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Also, if we conceive of Semitic voiced stops as "semi-voiced" more like in English, it would be natural for Mid IE speakers to interpret this as a creaky-voiced stop rather than a fully-voiced one.
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