Bends in the formant pattern that occur during the movement from the closure for the stop and the open vocal tract posture of the following sound (or vice versa). During a stop-to-vowel transition, formants may assume a rising, falling, or relatively flat pattern. This pattern depends on the place of articulation for the stop and the vocal tract configuration for the adjacent vowel. What is the pattern of formants during a stop-to-vowel transition?
1) Rising pattern
2) Falling pattern
3) Relatively flat pattern