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    Types of Release of Plosive Sounds: Phonetics and Phonology Iii

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    This document discusses different types of release for plosive sounds: oral release, which is the standard release through the mouth; non-audible or incomplete release, where the articulators do not fully separate; lateral release, when the tongue remains against the alveolar ridge and air escapes through the sides of the tongue; nasal release, where the velum is lowered and air escapes through the nose; and release with glottal reinforcement, where the glottis articulates together with or before the oral articulation. Examples are provided for each type of release.

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    This document discusses different types of release for plosive sounds: oral release, which is the standard release through the mouth; non-audible or incomplete release, where the articulators do not fully separate; lateral release, when the tongue remains against the alveolar ridge and air escapes through the sides of the tongue; nasal release, where the velum is lowered and air escapes through the nose; and release with glottal reinforcement, where the glottis articulates together with or before the oral articulation. Examples are provided for each type of release.

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    TYPES OF RELEASE OF

    PLOSIVE SOUNDS
    PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY III
    RELEASE
    This is the third stage in the articulation of plosive
    sounds, in which the articulators come apart suddenly
    and the airflow is released plosively. Depending on the
    phonetic environment, the type of release will vary.

    /b/ /t/
    Active
    Upper lip
    Articulator
    Passive Alveolar
    Articulator ridge

    Active Active Tip of the


    Lower lip tongue
    Articulator Articulator

    1.Closing 2.Closure 4.Post- 1 2 3 4


    3.Release
    Stage (compression) release
    Stage
    Stage Stage
    Types of Release

    ORAL RELEASE

    NON AUDIBLE (OR INCOMPLETE) RELEASE

    LATERAL RELEASE

    NASAL RELEASE

    RELEASE WITH GLOTTAL REINFORCEMENT


    Oral Release
    The air is released orally (through the mouth) when plosives
    occur before a vowel or semivowel. The articulators come apart
    and let the air out of the oral cavity causing audible plosion.
    Oral release occurs within the word or at word boundary, with or
    without aspiration.

    e.g.: ‹Tom, pick a pen for Kate, please.›→ [ˈtʰɒm | ˈpʰɪk ə ˈpʰen fə ˈkʰeɪt | ˈpl̥ iːz]

    The air may be released orally when plosives occur in word final
    position before a pause.

    e.g.: ‹Kate› → [ˈkʰeɪt]


    Non audible (incomplete)
    Release
    The air may be released incompletely (or non-audibly) in word
    final position before a pause. There is a weak opening of the
    articulators or no opening at all, and the air is not released
    through the oral cavity with audible plosion.

    e.g.: ‹Kate›→ [ˈkʰeɪt ̚ ] ‹stop›→ [ˈstop ̚ ]

    Plosives have non audible released when followed by another


    plosive or an affricate in a consonant cluster within the word or
    at word boundary.

    e.g.: ‹at David's› → [ət ͜ˈdeɪvɪdz] homorganic plosives

    ‹grabbed› → [ˈgɹæb͜d̥] non-homorganic plosives


    Lateral Release
    When the alveolar plosives /t, d/ are followed by the lateral
    sound /l/ within the word or at word boundary, they have lateral
    release. The tip of the tongue remains in contact with the
    alveolar ridge, and the sides of the tongue are lowered allowing
    the air to escape through one or both sides.

    e.g.: <little>→ [ˈlɪt͜ɫ̩ ]

    <at least>→ [ət ͜ˈliːst ̚ ]


    Nasal Release
    When a plosive is followed by a nasal, it has nasal release. The
    velum is already lowered when the articulators, blocking the
    passage of air, come apart, and the air is released nasally.

    e.g.: <David notes>→ [ˈdeɪvɪd ͜ˈnoʊts]

    <Meet me at nine>→[ˈmiːp m
    ͜ i ət n
    ͜ aɪn]

    <Pick my books, please>→ [ˈpʰɪk m


    ͜ aɪ 'bʊks | ˈpl̥iːz]

    <We can go out now>→ [ˈwi k͜ŋ̩ ˈgoʊ aʊt ͜ˈnaʊ]


    Release with glottal
    reinforcement
    When the voiceless plosives /p, t, k/ occur before consonant
    sounds and pauses, they may be glottally reinforced. There is a
    secondary plosive articulation at the glottis together with, or
    just before, the oral blockage to the air flow that is articulated.

    e.g.: ‹football› → [ˈfʊt͜bɔːɫ] [ˈfʊˀbɔːɫ]

    The voiceless post-alveolar affricate sound /tʃ/ may be


    glottalised before vowel sounds.

    e.g.: ‹matches› → [ˈmætʃɪz] [ˈmæˀtʃɪz]

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