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AuthorAhmed, Sarah
AuthorGrosvald, Michael
Available date2020-05-14T09:55:46Z
Publication Date2019
Publication NameLanguage and Speech
ResourceScopus
ISSN238309
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0023830918777268
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/14880
AbstractThis study investigates anticipatory vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in Arabic, and seeks to determine the degree to which it is affected by the pharyngealization and length of intervening consonants. Speakers of Egyptian Arabic were recorded saying sentences containing nonsense sequences of the form /baɁabaCV:/, where C was chosen from {/t/, /tˤ/, /t:/, /tˤ:/} and V was a long vowel /i:/, /a:/ or /u:/. Analysis of the first and second formants of the recorded vowels revealed that (a) vowel-to-vowel coarticulatory effects could sometimes extend to a distance of three vowels before the context vowel; (b) the consonant-to-vowel effects associated with pharyngealization were consistently seen at similar distances, while also decreasing in magnitude at greater distances from the triggering consonant; and (c) effects related to intervening consonant length were idiosyncratic, and in particular did not lead to consistent blocking of vowel-to-vowel effects. In contrast, one speaker showed significant vowel-to-vowel effects at all three measured distances that were effectively blocked in the pharyngealized consonant condition.
SponsorThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by a Qatar University grant awarded to Michael Grosvald (QUSG-CAS-DELL-14\15-24).
Languageen
PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd
Subjectcoarticulation
emphasis
long-distance
pharyngealization
segment length
Vowel-to-vowel
TitleLong-Distance Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation in Arabic: Influences of Intervening Consonant Pharyngealization and Length
TypeArticle
Pagination399-424
Issue Number2
Volume Number62
dc.accessType Abstract Only


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