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Feature addition rules: Lengthening of English consonants before voiced obstruents.
Sometimes, features are added to phonemes when they occur in a specific phonetic context. At the beginnings of words as in [pit], /p/ is aspirated. The feature of aspiration is hence added because /p / is a sound at the beginning of a word. In other phonetic contexts, the feature of aspiration is not added, such as [spit ].
Try to pronounce these: [pit ]You will notice that while saying the word 'pit', a stream of air evades your mouth, whereas when saying 'spit', your glottis starts to vibrate immediately after the pronunciation of [sp]. Hence, we may call the [p] aspirated when saying 'pit', while it is unaspirated when saying 'spit'. This distinction results from the glottis remaining open after certain occasions of a sound, namely in the case of aspirated ones.
There are a few good websites about linguistic.
http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb8/misc/lfb/html/navigation/navigate.html
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test2materials/Phonology3.htm
參考: Myself and the linguistic websites. Studied English at the age of 11. Tutored English as an Undergrad. A project manager in the US since 1992