Interaction of physiology and communication in the make-up and distribution of stops in Lucknow Urdu

Hameed, Shabana

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“…Let us now return to our prediction that easier articulations should appear more often in general, but especially word-finally. An observation that matches this description is the fact that coronal consonants, made with the front part of the tongue, are generally more frequent, both language-internally and cross-linguistically, than sounds produced with other articulators (Blevins 2019), and have been shown to be favoured especially in word-final position in several languages (Tobin 1997;Hameed 2004;Dreer 2006), and in some languages, such as Finnish and ancient Greek, ONLY coronal consonants appear in final position (Yip 1991: 70;Diver [1979] 2012: 314). The question raised by these observations is if there is something about the front part of the tongue that makes it easier to control.…”

Section: Communicative Load and The Favouring Of Coronal Consonantsmentioning

confidence: 66%

“…According to Tobin (1997), the greater burden on distinctiveness at the beginning of the word can account for the regularly observed favouring of labial consonants in word-initial position (e.g. Davis [1984Davis [ ] 1987Tobin 1997;Hameed 2004;Dekker & De Jonge 2006;Dreer 2006), which is to do with a perceptual advantage of labial articulations. There is compelling evidence that visual information (lipreading) enhances speech perception (e.g.…”

Section: Communicative Load and The Favouring Of Labial Consonantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many previous studies on the distribution of consonants within the word (e.g. Tobin 1997;Azim 2002;Hameed 2004;Dekker & De Jonge 2006;Dreer 2006) have found that at the beginnings of words different phonemes are favoured than at the ends of words and, importantly, provide a functional explanation for it. One pattern that emerges from analysis is the favouring of labial consonants in word-initial position in several languages, first noted by Davis ([1984Davis ([ ] 1987.…”

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The role of word recognition factors and lexical stress in the distribution of consonants in Spanish, English and Dutch

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2022

J. Ling.

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The distribution of labials and coronals within Spanish CVCVCV words and English and Dutch CVCVC words has been studied from a functional perspective and in fine detail. We argue that word recognition is key in the explanation of the results; as a word is pronounced, an increasing number of word candidates is eliminated, and consequently the beginning of the word has a higher communicative load than the more predictable end. We argue that this explains the favouring of labials at the beginning of the word and (some) coronals at the end. A novel finding in this study is that lexical stress is a relevant factor in the distribution of the studied consonants. A possible explanation is that stress plays a role in the elimination word candidates. In Spanish, English, and Dutch discourse, the majority of words begins with a stressed syllable and, therefore, an unstressed initial syllable eliminates more word candidates and the communicative load is reduced more, which affects the distribution of labials and (some) coronals.

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Section: Communicative Load and The Favouring Of Coronal Consonantsmentioning

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Section: Communicative Load and The Favouring Of Labial Consonantsmentioning

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The role of word recognition factors and lexical stress in the distribution of consonants in Spanish, English and Dutch

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2022

J. Ling.

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“…PHB has been extended further to explain the combinatory phonology of consonant and vowel phonemes in a large number of different languages from several language families: e.g. Italian (Davis 1987), Hebrew (Tobin Y. Tobin 174 1990b-c), Urdu (Azim 1989(Azim , 1993(Azim , 1995(Azim , 1997Hameed 2004;Jabeen 1993), Mewati (Fatihi 1987), Spanish (Flores 1997;Dekker and de Jonge 2006), English (Joue and Collier 1996), and Byelorussian (Dreer 2006). Diver's original work in PHB has been expanded to explain the non-random distribution of initial consonant clusters in fortytwo different languages representing nine diverse language families (Tobin 2000a).…”

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Comparing and Contrasting Natural Phonology, Optimality Theory and the Theory of Phonology as Human Behavior

Tobin

2009

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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This paper compares and contrasts the theories of Natural Phonology, Optimality Theory and Phonology as Human Behavior from diverse theoretical and methodological aspects including: the interaction between the opposing forces of markedness (the human factor) and faithfulness (the communication factor); the sentence-oriented versus sign-oriented approaches; and the concepts of naturalistic versus generative research paradigms. Despite these basic differences, similarities are also found in their shared functional basis which is discussed in the context of the natural phonological processes of Natural Phonology. I will further show how each theory views the notion of language universals. The concepts of combinatory phonology, phonotactics, and diachronic, developmental and clinical phonology will be discussed as measures of defining and determining the concept of language universals. The author maintains that biological, physiological, cognitive, psychological, sociological and other universals of human behavior are merely reflected in language rather than being specific "language universals" per se.

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Phonology as Human Behaviour: Clinical Phonetics, Phonology and Prosody

Tobin

2009

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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This paper introduces the theory of Phonology as Human Behaviour (PHB); summarises the basic theoretical and methodological tenets of the theory and shows how it has been applied to clinical phonetics, phonology and prosody. The theory of PHB, developed by William Diver and his students of the Columbia School, combines aspects of the "communication factor" inherent in Prague School phonology with aspects of the "human factor" inherent in André Martinet's functional diachronic phonology. The major parameters of the theory are presented according to the Saussurean-based semiotic definition of language as a sign system used by human beings to communicate. The fundamental axiom underlying the theory is that language represents a compromise in the struggle to achieve maximum communication with minimal effort. The major contribution of the theory is that it provides a motivation to explain the non-random distribution of phonemes within the speech signal in language in general and in typical and atypical speech in particular.

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Interaction of physiology and communication in the make-up and distribution of stops in Lucknow Urdu

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The role of word recognition factors and lexical stress in the distribution of consonants in Spanish, English and Dutch

The role of word recognition factors and lexical stress in the distribution of consonants in Spanish, English and Dutch

Comparing and Contrasting Natural Phonology, Optimality Theory and the Theory of Phonology as Human Behavior

Phonology as Human Behaviour: Clinical Phonetics, Phonology and Prosody

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