Phonological rules for voiced plosives: b d g

This lesson will express the phonological rules for voiced plosives: b d g and examples for illustration.

(a) In initial position: lenis plosive is weak and short, it never be aspirated. The vocal cords may or may not vibrate while the lips are still closed but they must vibrate for the following sound whether vowel or consonant

(b) Between vowels: it is usually voiced, but concentrate mainly making it very gentle and short

(c) In Final position: it is weak ( we make it very little noise) it lengthen the vowels before it.

Examples:

For the lenis plosive [ b ]:
– beak / biːk/
– bull/ bʊl /
– labor / leɪbə /
– rubber /rʌbə/
– baby / beɪbɪ/
– rib /rɪb/
– robe/rəʊb/
– cab /kæb/
– grab /græb/

For the lenis plosive [ d ]:
– do / duː/
– dune/djuːn/
– dwindle / dwɪndl /
-ladder /lædə/\
– wedding/ wɛdɪŋ /
– pudding/ pʊdɪŋ /
– bed / bɛd /
– broad / brɔːd /

For the lenis plosive [ g ]:
– Gave [ geɪv ]
– girl /gɜːl/
– glass / glɑːs /
– grow /grəʊ/
– digging/ dɪgɪŋ /
– target / tɑːgɪt /
– lagging /lægɪŋ/
– plague/ pleɪg /
– rough / rəʊg /
– bag / bæg /