cap
/кагр/ -
cab
/кгеЬ/,
bet
- /bet/ -
bed
/bed/,
course
/ko:s/ -
cause
/ko:z/,
back
/baek/ -
bag
/baeg/ etc. In word final
position voiced consonants of English do not become fully voice
less otherwise the given words become homophones. The voiced
- voiceless feature is accompanied by the fortis-lenis feature
which is not neutralized in many English words. But there are
cases when fortis-voiceless and lenis-voiced oppositions are neu
tralized and both distinctive and recognitive functions are trans
ferred to the preceding sounds, which are half long before a
voiced consonant and quite short before voiceless consonants4 as
in the words
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