The Phonological Representation of Affricates

Berns, Janine

doi:10.1111/lnc3.12179

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“…The representation similar to (1a) was first proposed in Jakobson et al (1952), where affricates were treated as stops specified for an additional feature, such as [strident]. 3 In the subsequent 2 For an exhaustive overview, see Berns (2016). 3 The feature [strident] is an acoustically defined feature that characterizes sounds of high frequency noise (Jakobson et al 1952;Chomsky &Halle 1968 andothers, summarized in LaCharité 1993).…”

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OCP effects and the representation of affricates in Basque

Dunin-Borkowski

2022

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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The representation of affricates remains an unsettled issue in phonology. The main question is whether affricates should be treated as simple or complex segments. In the former view, affricates are stops specified for an additional feature, such as [strident]; in the latter, affricates are complex segments specified for [+continuant] and [–continuant] in an unordered fashion. Using the framework of Optimality Theory, this paper investigates similarity avoidance effects in Basque under the two competing theories of representation. The posited OCP effects involve the avoidance of [strident] and [–continuant] clusters. Importantly, the complex segment approach requires the use of two additional constraints militating against [+continuant] and [+obstruent] clusters. The analysis successfully accounts for the imperfective formation data as well as for other processes in Basque, such as simplification of stop clusters, stop+fricative coalescence and lenition of voiced obstruents. Additionally, the article discusses asymmetries in consonant mutations connected with the OCP effects. In particular, the preference of surface fricative+stop clusters over stop+fricative clusters is attributed to a high-ranked markedness constraint, NOAFFRICATECONTRAST. An important conclusion of the analysis is that the complex segment approach creates unnecessary complications, as the parallel framework allows to maintain satisfactory generalizations within the simple segment approach.

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Section: Affricates In Phonological Theorymentioning

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OCP effects and the representation of affricates in Basque

Dunin-Borkowski

2022

Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics

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“…Affricates are a single segment made up of a combination of a stop and a fricative. Research has found that affricates are processed by speakers as a single segment, as shown, for example, in patterns of reduplication [8]. [8] also notes that some researchers consider affricates to be a type of stop.…”

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“…Research has found that affricates are processed by speakers as a single segment, as shown, for example, in patterns of reduplication [8]. [8] also notes that some researchers consider affricates to be a type of stop. Research into Athabaskan languages analyzes aspirated stops as phonemic affricates [9].…”

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The Voicing Contrast in Stops and Affricates in the Western Armenian of Lebanon

Kelly

Keshishian²

2019

Interspeech 2019

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Research on Western Armenian has described it as having a contrast between voiceless aspirated stops and affricates, and voiced stops and affricates [1, 2]. The variety of Western Armenian spoken by a large population in Lebanon has not yet been examined phonetically, to determine the acoustic correlates of this contrast. The current study examines the alveolar and postalveolar affricates and alveolar stops (voiceless aspirated and voiced) in both word-initial and word-medial position, using nonsense words written in the Armenian script. The results indicate that voiced sounds have prevoicing, voiceless affricates have some aspiration, but voiceless stops have very short VOT, which aligns better with an analysis of them being classified as unaspirated. It was also found that position in the word does not affect VOT, duration of the closure or frication.

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Clinicians' Perspectives of Treatment for Lateralization Errors: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

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Mazeika

DiFazio

et al. 2022

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Purpose: This mixed-methods study aimed to obtain information regarding speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perspectives about treatment of lateralization errors (LEs), challenges to implementing evidence-based LE treatment practice, and the sources SLPs' use to find evidence to treat LEs. This information can assist our understanding of ways to facilitate the uptake of evidence-based practice into the everyday treatment of clients with this disorder. Method: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used to collect data from SLPs ( N = 214) using 24 questions from an online survey distributed through electronic mailing lists and Speech and Hearing State Associations. Quantitative data were analyzed using frequencies and averages; themes and subthemes of qualitative data were analyzed using a content analysis approach with no a priori codes. Quantitative and qualitative results were compared and integrated. Results: Participants believed that LEs required individualized treatment before the age of 5 years, were largely caused by structural and neuromuscular factors, and required an understanding of orofacial and dental structure and function. Challenges to implementing LE treatment included a lack of skills and knowledge specific to LEs, competing demands on clinicians' time and resources, and a research–practice gap. Sources of evidence frequently used to obtain information about LE treatment were colleagues, trainings, workshops, and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association journals. Conclusions: Clinicians believe that LE treatment is challenging and requires skill training. Future research in LEs will need to consider the real-world decisions clinicians must make when treating this disorder as well as clinicians' everyday constraints and challenges.

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The Phonological Representation of Affricates

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

OCP effects and the representation of affricates in Basque

OCP effects and the representation of affricates in Basque

The Voicing Contrast in Stops and Affricates in the Western Armenian of Lebanon

Clinicians' Perspectives of Treatment for Lateralization Errors: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study

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