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What may
happen if /s/ is clustered with /t/, /k/, and /p/? Figure 3.1 shows that two things are
to happen for any stop consonant before vowels.
1. If the stop consonant is voiceless, there will be a
period of “aspiration”
before the VOT (vowel onset time).
2. If the stop consonant is voiced, there will not be a
period of “aspiration”
before the VOT.
3. Figure 3.1 shows that the “aspiration” simply does not
exist.
