Allophonic variation of manner: no audible release

Question 1

It is also possible that the release phase cannot be heard and this is known as

Answer 1

Inaudible release or no audible release

Question 2

Note that this does not mean that the plosive is not released

Answer 2

Just that the release cannot be heard

Question 3

The diacritic for an inaudibly released plosive

Answer 3

Is like a right angle in the top right corner

Question 4

Plosives are inaudibly released in

Answer 4

Three environments

Question 5

One environment where plosives are inaudibly released is

Answer 5

The inaudibly released plosives are those that occur before a plosive at a different place of articulation

Question 6

Another environment where inaudible plosives are released is

Answer 6

The inaudibly released plosives occur immediately before Fricatives with a different place of articulation

Question 7

The last environment where plosives have an inaudible release is

Answer 7

When they occur at the end of words. Note that inaudible release at the end of words happens only when the plosive occur before a pause and not if another word follows

Question 8

The plosive release is inaudible because it is covered or masked by something else. When a plosive or fricative follows a different place of articulation (which we call heterorganic)

Answer 8

The hold phase of the second plosive or the friction of the fricative overlaps, with the release of the first plosive, so that release cannot be heard

Question 9

Immediately before a pause

Answer 9

Both voiced and voiceless plosives can be released inaudibly. Here the closure is released rather slowly and gently, so the air escapes silently, rather than with the wide oral release and inaudible plosion found in other positions