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Closures

  1. Period of little or no activity
  2. May be voiced (shown in F1 only, and sometimes in wave)
  3. Usually precedes a burst
  4. Watch the length - a long closure may mean two plosives.
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Ed Kaiser
Sat Mar 15 00:01:27 PST 1997