It is indicated by a positive voice onset time, and in the IPA, it is represented by a superscript h.
Korean has a three-way distinction of this feature, as illustrated by the minimal triplet of words meaning "moon," "daughter," and "mask." Chin-Wu Kim was the first to suggest that the length of this feature is correlated with the width of the glottis opening. A version of it, which accompanies the closure of a consonant occurs in North Germanic languages such as Icelandic. In Ancient Greek and Sanskrit, this feature is lost in its first occurrence in words, which have two consonants with this feature in adjacent syllables, a process known as Grassmann's law. In English, voiceless stops have this feature at the beginning of stressed syllables, but typically not after [s]. It is indicated by a positive voice onset time, and in the IPA, it is represented by a superscript h. For 10 points, name this puff of air which is released along with English consonants such as [p], [t], and [k].
Korean has a three-way distinction of this feature, as illustrated by the minimal triplet of words meaning "moon," "daughter," and "mask.
aspiration