Perception of Assimilation of Voice as a Function of Segmental Duration and Linguistic Context

Berg, R.J.H. van den; Slis, I.H.

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“…The phenomenon is said to be a merger or near-merger, in which the sound change leads to the collapse of the phonemic contrast, so that the two previously distinct phonemes merge into a single phoneme (see Labov, 1994). This devoicing is a well-researched phenomenon from the point of view of phonetics (Debrock, 1977, 1978; Slis & Cohen, 1969; Van den Berg & Slis, 1985; Van den Berg, 1989), dialectology (Van Reenen & Wattel, 1992), and language change in progress (Van de Velde, Gerritsen & van Hout, 1996; Kissine, Van de Velde & van Hout, 2003). The functional load of labiodental fricatives is very low.…”

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Regional differences in the perception of a consonant change in progress

Pinget

Kager

Velde³

2016

J. of Ling. Geography

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This study aims at testing whether there are regional differences in the perception of the labiodental fricative contrast in Dutch. Previous production studies have shown that the devoicing of initial labiodental fricatives is a change in progress in the Dutch language area. We present the results of a speeded identification task in which fricative stimuli were systematically varied for two phonetic cues, voicing and duration. Listeners (n = 100) were regionally stratified, and the regions (k = 5) reflect different stages of this sound change in progress. Voicing turned out to be the strongest categorization cue in all regions; duration only played a minor role. Regional differences showed up in the perception of the consonantal contrast that matched regional differences in production reported in previous studies. The addition of random slopes in the mixed model regression showed the importance of within-regional variation.

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Regional differences in the perception of a consonant change in progress

Pinget

Kager

Velde³

2016

J. of Ling. Geography

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“…Vocal fold vibration has been established as another major cue to the fortis-lenis distinction in fricatives (e.g., Fischer-J0rgensen 1963 for German; Slis & Cohen 1969a, 1969bvan den Berg & Slis 1985, Kissine et al 2003 for Dutch, but see Jessen 1998 for a description of [voice] as a feature different from fortis/lenis). In general, /v, z/ are produced with vocal fold vibration, whereas /f, s/ are not.…”

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Prosodic strengthening of German fricatives in duration and assimilatory devoicing

Kuzla

Cho

Ernestus

2007

Journal of Phonetics

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This study addressed prosodic effects on the duration of and amount of glottal vibration in German word-initial fricatives /f, v, z/ in assimilatory and non-assimilatory devoicing contexts. Fricatives following /a/ (non-assimilation context) were longer and were produced with less glottal vibration after higher prosodic boundaries, reflecting domain initial prosodic strengthening. After /t/ (assimilation context), lenis fricatives (/v, z/) were produced with less glottal vibration than after /a/, due to assimilatory devoicing. This devoicing was especially strong across lower prosodic boundaries, showing the influence of prosodic structure on sandhi processes. Reduction in glottal vibration made lenis fricatives more fortis-like (/f, z/). Importantly, fricative duration, another major cue to the fortis-lenis distinction, was affected by initial lengthening, but not by assimilation. Hence, at smaller boundaries, fricatives were more devoiced (more fortis-like), but shorter (more lenis-like). As a consequence, the fortis and lenis fricatives remained acoustically distinct in all prosodic and segmental contexts. Overall, /z/ was devoiced to a greater extent than /v/. Since /z/ does not have a fortis counterpart in word-initial position, these findings suggest that phonotactic restrictions constrain phonetic processes. The present study illuminates a complex interaction of prosody, sandhi processes, and phonotactics, yielding systematic phonetic cues to prosodic structure and phonological distinctions.

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The effect of varying voice and noise parameters on the perception of voicing in Dutch two-obstruent sequences

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1986

Speech Communication

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Perception of Assimilation of Voice as a Function of Segmental Duration and Linguistic Context

Cited by 7 publications

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Regional differences in the perception of a consonant change in progress

Regional differences in the perception of a consonant change in progress

Prosodic strengthening of German fricatives in duration and assimilatory devoicing

The effect of varying voice and noise parameters on the perception of voicing in Dutch two-obstruent sequences

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