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Place Assimilation And Phonetic Grounding: A Cross-Linguistic Perceptual Study, Alexei Kochetov, Connie K. So
Place Assimilation And Phonetic Grounding: A Cross-Linguistic Perceptual Study, Alexei Kochetov, Connie K. So
Alexei Kochetov
This paper investigates predictions made by the ‘phonetic knowledge hypothesis’ (Jun 1995, 2004, Hayes & Steriade 2004) about the relation between perceptibility of stops and common patterns of major place assimilation. In two perceptual experiments, stimuli with Russian released and unreleased voiceless stops in clusters were presented for identification of 56 listeners, native speakers of Russian, Canadian English, Korean and Taiwanese Mandarin. Percentages of correct responses and reaction time data were used to determine scales of perceptual salience. Results reveal considerable perceptual differences between places of articulation, consistent across four language groups. Perceptual salience of place of articulation was strongly …
The Role Of Gestural Overlap In Perceptual Place Assimilation: Evidence From Korean, Minjung Son, Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier
The Role Of Gestural Overlap In Perceptual Place Assimilation: Evidence From Korean, Minjung Son, Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier
Alexei Kochetov
Opposing views have emerged in phonological and phonetic theory on whether perceptual place assimilation is exclusively attributable to gestural reduction or can be triggered by gestural overlap as well. Specifically, regressive place assimilation in Korean /pk/ clusters has been used as argument for the hypothesis that gestural reduction is uniquely responsible for perceptual place assimilation, yet the empirical evidence for this reduction hypothesis is ambiguous. The present study demonstrates on the basis of articulatory movement data that in these /pk/ clusters the lip gesture for /p/ is either fully present (with varying degrees of overlap) or completely absent. Our data …