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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 …
Komi-Permyak Coronal Obstruents: Acoustic Contrasts And Positional Variation, Alexei Kochetov, Alevtina Lobanova
Komi-Permyak Coronal Obstruents: Acoustic Contrasts And Positional Variation, Alexei Kochetov, Alevtina Lobanova
Alexei Kochetov
Komi-Permyak (Finno-Ugric) has a typologically rare contrast between palatal stops and palatal affricates; the latter are also contrastive with postalveolar affricates. In addition, the language has a relatively uncommon three-way place contrast among sibilant fricatives. This paper investigates acoustic properties of the Komi-Permyak voiceless coronal obstruents in different positional contexts. An acoustic analysis of data from six native speakers of the language revealed that the contrasts were well differentiated by a combination of duration, noise intensity, spectral shapes, and vowel transitions – consistently with previous studies of similar consonants in other languages. The results also showed some positional differences in …
Cross-Language Differences In Overlap And Assimilation Patterns In Korean And Russian, Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier, Minjung Son
Cross-Language Differences In Overlap And Assimilation Patterns In Korean And Russian, Alexei Kochetov, Marianne Pouplier, Minjung Son
Alexei Kochetov
This paper investigates cross-linguistic differences in gestural overlap in consonant clusters and discusses how different patterns of overlap may interact with language-specific place assimilation patterns. We examine Russian and Korean stopstop sequences within and across words, produced at two speaking rates. Significant differences in degrees of overlap emerge between the two languages for both prosodic conditions. We discuss to what extent language-specific differences in overlap can be linked to the language-specific propensity for articulatory place assimilation.