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Title Laryngeal Adjustments in the Production of Voiceless Obstruent Clusters in Berber
Full text http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00384926/en/
Date 2006
Author(s) Ridouane, Rachid; Fuchs, Susanne; Hoole, Phil
Abstract Laryngeal adjustments in voiceless obstruent clusters in Tashlhiyt Berber were examined by means of simultaneous transillumination, fibre-optic films and acoustic recordings. This language allows a rich variety of voiceless clusters naturally. Several combinations of /s/ and /k/ clusters including singleton and geminate consonants were examined. We focused on the number of glottal-opening gestures, the influence of manner of articulation and effects of word boundaries. Results of this study provide evidence that the manner of articulation of segments and their position in the clusters have a major impact both on the number and on the location of glottal abduction movements. Word boundaries did not influence laryngeal adjustment to the same extent.
Subject(s) Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics; Larynx; laryngeal adjustments; voiceless sequences; Tashlhiyt Berber
Language EN
Publisher HAL - CCSD
Relation http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/38/49/26/PDF/Ridouane_et_al_2006-SP.pdf
Type of publication text
Identifier HAL:halshs-00384926, version 1
Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL)
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