Phonetic characteristics of ejectives – samples from Caucasian languages

Grawunder, Sven; Simpson, Adrian P.; Khalilov, Madzhid

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“…closure duration and burst intensity) shown as relevant in previous research into PHONEMIC ejectives (Lindau 1984, Grawunder, Simpson & Khalilov 2010, Vicenik 2010). …”

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“…To analyse ejective stops, in addition to the categorical scales in Section 2.3 and the above phonatory acoustic measures, we used a number of acoustic durational and burst intensity measures found to be relevant in previous research into phonemic ejectives (Lindau 1984, Grawunder et al 2010, Vicenik 2010 Figure 5 Percentages of creaky, breathy and modal labels in pre-stop vowels per speaker and stop /±voice/.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…to phonological ejectives such as voice onset time (see overview in Grawunder et al 2010) are not applicable to Scottish English ejectives occurring in syllable codas. Therefore, the scope of the acoustic measures summarised in Table 5 above fits into syllable rhymes.…”

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A phonetically versatile contrast: Pulmonic and glottalic voicelessness in Scottish English obstruents and voice quality

Гордеева¹,

Scobbie²

2013

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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“…closure duration and burst intensity) shown as relevant in previous research into PHONEMIC ejectives (Lindau 1984, Grawunder, Simpson & Khalilov 2010, Vicenik 2010). …”

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A phonetically versatile contrast: Pulmonic and glottalic voicelessness in Scottish English obstruents and voice quality

Гордеева¹,

Scobbie²

2013

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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“…1, panel superior derecho). Aquí vemos una eyectiva que se produce de manera 'regular' con una explosión corta de intensidad media a baja seguida de un período de silencio más largo antes de la aparición de la voz en la vocal adyacente (v. Grawunder et al 2010). Nuestra hipótesis es que aquellas otras producciones en lugar de las eyectivas documentadas anteriormente son parte del proceso de retracción de la lengua experimentado por nuestro consultante, que se puede explicar por la falta de aporte, retroalimentación del interlocutor y respuesta parental (Campbell 1994).…”

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¿Lengua o hablante? – Investigando las alternancias coronal-velares en vilela

Grawunder

Golluscio

2014

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Fieldwork elicitation on Vilela, an endangered language of the Chaco area, revealed an alternation between /t/ and /k/. We documented t/k-alternation in a set of suffixes, but even cases at initial position and within a single sequence of the same item have been found. For the analysis we separate the alternations out into those connected to a general tendency of assibilation involving coronalization and palatalization and those that are fluctuations between stops. An investigation of the nature of context, frequency and order of occurrence of the alternation confirms preferred contexts of high vowels and a presumably typical velar-coronal order. Acoustic-phonetical salience of this alternation is demonstrated on collected field data by means of durational and spectral measures. Whereas the stop fluctuations can be ascribed to some specificities of the last speaker, such alternations assigned to assibilation and palatalization (fronting) reflect the sound change processes of the area. KEYWORDS: Vilela language (Chaco); Coronal-velar alternation; Palatalization; Acoustic analysis of stops.RESUMEN: La elicitación de campo sobre el vilela, una lengua del área del Chaco en severo peligro, reveló la existencia de una alternancia entre /t/ y /k/. Hemos documentado este fenómeno en un conjunto de sufijos, pero tales alternancias ocurren incluso dentro de una misma palabra. Para el análisis, hemos separado las alternancias documentadas en dos grupos: aquellas conectadas con una tendencia general a la asibilización involucrando coronalización y palatalización y aquellas que son fluctuaciones entre oclusivas. Primero, analizamos la naturaleza del contexto, la frecuencia y el orden de ocurrencia de la alternancia que han sido observados en casi diez años de recolección de datos. Los resultados muestran que existen contextos preferidos de vocales altas y un orden velar-coronal presumiblemente típico. Luego, por medio de medidas duracionales y espectrales de los datos de campo, demostramos que esta alternancia es significativa desde el punto de vista fonético-acústico. Mientras la fluctuación de oclusivas se podría adscribir a especificidades de un hablante terminal, las alternancias asignadas a asibilación y palatalización (adelantamiento) reflejan los procesos de cambio de sonido en el área.

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“…A more recent study of acoustic and articulatory aspects of ejectives in six Caucasian languages (Avar, Ingush, Tsez, Bezhta, and Lezgi from the Nakh-Daghestanian family, and Georgian from the Kartvelian family) by Grawunder, Simpson & Khalilov (2010) indicated rather homogeneous behaviour particularly in relation to acoustic patterning from their small sample of material from the Daghestanian languages, and concluded that according to the classical binary typology the stops would be classed as stiff ejectives. Yet, durational measurements for VOT and closure duration did not always yield significant results, and the authors suggest that 'compensation strategies would need to be investigated on the level of each individual speaker' (Grawunder et al 2010: 239).…”

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Ejectives in Scottish English: A social perspective

McCarthy

Stuart‐Smith

2013

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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This paper presents the results of an analysis of the realization of word-final /k/ in a sample of read and casual speech by 28 female pupils from a single-sex Glaswegian high school. Girls differed in age, socioeconomic background, and ethnicity. Ejectives were the most usual variant for /k/ in both speech styles, occurring in the speech of every pupil in our sample. Our narrow auditory analysis revealed a continuum of ejective production, from weak to intense stops. Results from multinomial logistic regression show that ejective production is promoted by phonetic, linguistic and interactional factors: ejectives were used more in read speech, when /k/ occurred in the /-ŋk/ cluster (e.g. tank), and when the relevant word was either at the end of a clause or sentence, or in turn-final position. At the same time, significant interactions between style, and position in turn, and the social factors of age and ethnicity, show that the use of ejectives by these girls is subject to a fine degree of sociolinguistic control, alongside interactional factors. Finally, cautious comparison of these data with recordings made in 1997 suggests that these results may also reflect a sound change in progress, given the very substantial real-time increase in ejective realizations of /k/ in Glasgow over the past fourteen years.

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Phonetic characteristics of ejectives – samples from Caucasian languages

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A phonetically versatile contrast: Pulmonic and glottalic voicelessness in Scottish English obstruents and voice quality

A phonetically versatile contrast: Pulmonic and glottalic voicelessness in Scottish English obstruents and voice quality

¿Lengua o hablante? – Investigando las alternancias coronal-velares en vilela

Ejectives in Scottish English: A social perspective

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