English Phonology and Morphology

Ahmed, Samuel K.; Andersson, Samuel; Vaux, Bert

doi:10.1002/9781119540618.ch18

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“…Among languages exhibiting the contrast between prevoiced stops and stops with long lag VOT, Swedish (Helgason & Ringen 2008), Southern American English (Hunnicutt & Morris 2016), Najdi Arabic (AL-Gamdi, Al-Tamimi & Khattab 2019), and Qatari Arabic (Kulikov 2020) have been investigated within LR. Studies of stop voicing also suggest that this type of contrast may exist in Turkish (Ögüt et al 2006), Ilami Kurdish (Abbaasian & Nourbakhsh 2015), and Sorani Kurdish (Ahmed 2019).…”

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Laryngeal realism and the voicing contrast in Khuzestani Arabic stops

Bahrani¹,

Kulikov²

2023

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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In laryngeal realism (LR), laryngeal specification of stops is explained by direct maps of cues (e.g. VOT) onto privative phonological laryngeal features [voice] or [spread glottis]. Phonetic realization of the segments and speakers’ ‘control’ (e.g. the degree of intervocalic voicing and speech rate manipulation effects on VOT duration) are used as diagnostics of phonological specification. Similar to some Arabic vernacular dialects (e.g. Qatari Arabic), Khuzestani Arabic in Iran presents a case where three voiced stops /b d ɡ/ are in contrast with voiceless stops /p t k/, but two voiceless guttural plosives /tˁ q/ have no voiced homorganic counterparts. In this paper we examine the phonetic realization of voicing in these stops at word-initial and intervocalic position, as well as the effects of speech rate manipulation on VOT and closure voicing. The data came from 12 native speakers recorded in Khorramshahr, Iran. Our findings suggest an over-specified voicing system in this Arabic variety. We found that voiced /b d ɡ/ were produced with voicing lead in initial position and complete closure voicing word medially, voiceless /p t k/ had long lag VOT, while guttural /tˁ q/ had short lag VOT. Speech rate manipulation revealed that only duration of (pre)voicing and duration of aspiration increased in slower speech. Also, f0, F1, and F2 were measured at vowel onset to evaluate the glottal state in production of stops. The results support the predictions of LR that voiced stops are specified by [voice], voiceless stops are [sg], while gutturals lack underlying specification for voice.

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Laryngeal realism and the voicing contrast in Khuzestani Arabic stops

Bahrani¹,

Kulikov²

2023

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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“…It has been suggested that perception of non-native speech s is constrained by both the phonological and the phonetic properties of their native language (Ahmed et al, 2020). In contrast, we use the term phonetic properties to refer to characteristics of pronunciation that are not phonologically distinctive in a language (fine-grained, gradient, within-category, noncontrastive details of speech).…”

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The Phonological Influences on Non-Native Phonetic Change

Sitinjak

Rangkuti²

2022

JII

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Introduction: Studies of cross-language perception at the segmental level generally find that adults have great difficulty understanding the contrast of non-native consonants and/or vowels. Non-original phonotactics are often generated by type accuracy and error. Purpose: This article examines the effect of phonology on non-native phonetic changes. Methods: This research is a qualitative research with a literature review study method from the latest research. The collected data were analyzed by in-depth analysis. Results: Based on the results of data analysis, it shows that non-native speakers are not as accurate in the production of different illegal sequences. These findings also imply that linguistic experiences with native tones need not facilitate non-native phonetic changes. However, non-native phonetics change if there is habituation and construction in the right way. Conclusion: It can be concluded that non-native English still has problems in proper English articulation. Given the importance of phonetic accuracy in expressing spoken messages, foreign speakers must pay close attention to this matter and fix it by encouraging, involving and involving them every time to practice.

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Probing syllable structure through acoustic measurements: case studies on American English and Jazani Arabic

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Previous research has found that different syllabic (particularly simplex vs. complex onset) organisations have different temporal stability signatures in articulations – this observation is based entirely on articulatory measurements. In this article, we present the results of three production experiments which show that similar correlations between onset organisation and temporal stability metrics are observable in an analysis of acoustic measurements in American English and Jazani Arabic. The results that we present show stability across speakers and test items for both language groups, and highlight the possibility of using acoustic techniques to help to investigate the organisation of onsets in other languages.

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English Phonology and Morphology

Cited by 20 publications

References 41 publications

Laryngeal realism and the voicing contrast in Khuzestani Arabic stops

Laryngeal realism and the voicing contrast in Khuzestani Arabic stops

The Phonological Influences on Non-Native Phonetic Change

Probing syllable structure through acoustic measurements: case studies on American English and Jazani Arabic

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