Voiced T
A Misnomer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8729997 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor A Oswald (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1943 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-18 |
| Publication date | 1943-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/487263 |
| OpenAlex | W2331665681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
subjects whose first language was Pennsylvania German, the author found it imperative to determine exactly what phonetic latitude is generally acceptable in certain American phonemes. When he came to reconsider the linguo-alveolar stops, he found it impossible to reconcile his observations with the widely held belief, which he too had previously accepted, that words like latter, putting, etc., when pronounced with a 'voiced t' stand in the relation of distinctive opposition to words like ladder, pudding, etc.' He first found that when his Pennsylvania German informants used a 'voiced t' for the stop in words like ladder and pudding, his ear did not register the sound as a substitution. He next made the observation that he himself and various other unilingual speakers of American he then consulted actually did habitually use a 'voiced t' in such words. From this it was only a step to the discovery that he himself and these other speakers of American regularly heard pairs like latter/ladder, etc., as homonyms distinguishable only by context, except when the stop in words like latter was represented by a voiceless stop or voiceless tap. Since that time he has investigated the problem in some detail and would like to offer his observations for consideration
Linguistics · Misnomer · Theology · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1956 - 2014 (59) |
| Highly cited | No |