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strongly aspirated or unaspirated ?
Hi,
Plosives standing at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable are strongly aspirated, right ?
In words like "true" or "cry", the plosive [t] and [k] is strongly aspirated or unaspirated, may I ask ?
Many thanks
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Re: strongly aspirated or unaspirated ?

Originally Posted by
kirimaru
In words like "true" or "cry", the plosives [t] and [k] are strongly aspirated or unaspirated?
They're aspirated, yes. The sonorant [r] devoices.
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Re: strongly aspirated or unaspirated ?
Thanks a lot, for your answer and your correction also, Soup ^^
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