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Abstract
Die term devokalisasie word dikwels gebmik in die beskrywings van die intervokaliese stopkonsonantc /bh/. /d/ en /g/ in Xhosa. Fonetiese beskrywings van hierdie stopkonsonante het 'n aantal diskrepansies blootgelê wat deur middel van 'n verskeidenhcid rekenaargebaseerde tegnieke ontleed is. Rckenaarondersteunde fonetiese data sal verskaf word wat sal bewys dat dit 'n oorvcreenvoudiging is om hierdie verskynsel te beskryf en te verklaar bloot in terme van een parameter naamlik (stem), maar dal ander faktore ook in ag geneem behoort te word in die beskrywing en verklaring van hierdie verskynsel.
The term devocalization is frequently used in the descriptions of intervocalic stops /bh/, /d/ and /g/ in Xhosa. Phonetic descriptions of these stops reveal a number of discrepancies which are investigated by means of various computer-assisted techniques. Computerized experimental phonetic data will be presented to prove that it is an oversimplification to relate this phenomenon solely to the presence or absence of voice but that other factors should also be taken into consideration when dealing with this phenomenon.