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Voice
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The analysis of the Sardinian neutralization of Latin L and R in consonant clusters (both tauto-and heterosyllabic) is framed in the broader picture of how contrast between obstruents and sonorants is organized in the two languages as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The analysis of the Sardinian neutralization of Latin L and R in consonant clusters (both tauto- and heterosyllabic) is framed in the broader picture of how contrast between obstruents and sonorants is organized in the two languages. Sardinian is argued to have developed as a true S(onorant) V(oicing) system (sensu Avery 1996), where voiced obstruents and sonorants bear a relationship to one another. The constraints on consonant sequences active in this language indicate that the lateral participates in the voiced obstruent class, rather than in the sonorant class. This option is readily disclosed by a SV-type configuration. Specific to the Campidanian dialect phonology is a sharpened Coda Condition that constraints the distribution of the rhotic in this syllabic position. This paper proposes an algorithm that estimates the likelihood of licensing the rhotic coda through the following heterosyllabic onset. The higher the similarity in terms of place and voicing specification, the higher the chance for the onset to license the preceding coda /r/.
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TL;DR: The data reveal that obstruents produced with oral obstruction closer to the glottis are less likely to be voiced when contrasted with their counterparts produced in the anterior region of the vocal tract, suggesting that such factors may have a more powerful influence on speech than typically assumed.
Abstract: Abstract:This work explores the effect of ease of articulation on speech by examining the rates at which various consonants occur in word lists representing thousands of languages. The data reveal that obstruents produced with oral obstruction closer to the glottis are less likely to be voiced when contrasted with their counterparts produced in the anterior region of the vocal tract. While this finding is explainable via previously documented aerodynamic factors, these new data suggest that such factors may have a more powerful influence on speech than typically assumed. The pattern in question is evident even after controlling for the relatedness and areal proximity of language varieties. This study isolates and quantifies the decrease in consonant voicing associated with the reduction in size of the supralaryngeal cavity.
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01 Jan 2008TL;DR: The acoustic-phonetic and production based knowledge such as, the presence of voicing, low strength of excitation compared to other voiced phones and a predominant low-frequency spectral energy, are mapped onto a set of acoustic features that can be automatically extracted from the signal.
Abstract: In this paper we propose features for automatic detection of voice bar, which is an essential component of voiced stop consonants, in continuous speech. The acoustic-phonetic and production based knowledge such as, the presence of voicing, low strength of excitation compared to other voiced phones and a predominant low-frequency spectral energy, are mapped onto a set of acoustic features that can be automatically extracted from the signal. The usefulness of the proposed features in the detection of voice bars is studied using a knowledge-based as well as a neural network based approach. The performance of the proposed features and approaches is studied on phones from databases of two languages, namely English and Hindi.
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TL;DR: The effects of voice onset time (VOT), voice tail (the time between oral closure and voice offset), duration and range of formant transitions, and frication noise intensity on the perception of voicing in Dutch two-obstruent sequences was tested in four separate experiments.
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TL;DR: This paper explored the effects of competing phonologies with an analysis of voice onset time (VOT) production in and across three varieties of Ecuadorian highland Spanish, Quichua, and Media Lengua.
Abstract: In Ecuador there exists a dynamic language contact continuum between Urban Spanish and Rural Quichua. This study explores the effects of competing phonologies with an analysis of voice onset time (VOT) production in and across three varieties of Ecuadorian highland Spanish, Quichua, and Media Lengua. Media Lengua is a mixed language that contains Quichua systemic elements and a lexicon of Spanish origin. Because of this lexical-grammatical split, Media Lengua is considered the most central point along the language continuum. Native Quichua phonology has a single series of voiceless stops (/p/, /t/, and /k/), while Spanish shows a clear voicing contrast between stops in the same series. This study makes use of nearly 8,000 measurements from 69 participants to (i) document VOT production in the aforementioned language varieties and (ii) analyse the effects of borrowings on VOT. Results based on mixed effects models and multidimensional scaling suggest that the voicing contrast has entered both Media Lengua and Quichua through Spanish lexical borrowings. However, the VOT values of voiced stops in Media Lengua align with those of Rural and L2 Spanish while Quichua shows significantly longer prevoicing values, suggesting some degree of overshoot.
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