tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post7749288398509649399..comments2024-03-17T09:14:13.950+00:00Comments on John Wells’s phonetic blog: incomplete plosion?John Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684304410735867148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-42062876378974708472016-10-02T11:18:13.942+01:002016-10-02T11:18:13.942+01:00Haha, I don't know who created the term incomp...Haha, I don't know who created the term incomplete plosive exactly. But among Chinese students, this term is used a lot because it is easy understood and simple. Maybe in some day, the real and traditional English phonetic system would be imported by someone. However, I am not sure whether it could be easily accepted and useful for a non-native English speaker, especially for the beginners.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266834797499467252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-85484435582960131792013-10-24T06:44:31.638+01:002013-10-24T06:44:31.638+01:00incomplete plosion occurs at word boundary. It cou...incomplete plosion occurs at word boundary. It could be plosive + plosive, or plosive + affricate: That teacher, that church, where the first sound of the following word is really plosive. Palpala Jujuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903439977757539343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-57875784956130534362011-10-27T17:21:19.627+01:002011-10-27T17:21:19.627+01:00John, the expression 'incomplete plosion' ...John, the expression 'incomplete plosion' also features in Patricia Ashby's new book "Understanding Phonetics" (2011; Hodder Education). On page 137 the author says:<br /><br />"... The first plosive in the sequence effectively lacks a release phase and the second lacks an approach phase. [...] The first in each sequence would be said to be unreleased or to have incomplete plosion."Alex Rotatorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-76075051858029072222011-10-26T00:31:56.098+01:002011-10-26T00:31:56.098+01:00Very useful post! I'd never heard of "inc...Very useful post! I'd never heard of "incomplete plosion," and I must say I would have found it puzzling.<br /><br />With my clients I usually refer to a plosive with no audible release as "the stop without the plosion," or, with tongue visibly in cheek, as an "unploded stop."<br /><br />I do generally call plosives <i>stop-plosives</i> (thanks to the influence of Dudley Knight), to help reinforce the client's understanding of what's involved in producing these sounds. And, having established that one can have a stop without the plosion, I ask whether one can have a plosion without the stop. When this elicits a negative answer, I know some real understanding has been achieved.<br /><br />I really should remember to spend some time explaining that "no audible release" is the correct terminology!Amy Stollerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067839246823753590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377103124456226005.post-39536053197583717312011-10-25T09:10:44.447+01:002011-10-25T09:10:44.447+01:00Damp squib?Damp squib?Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.com