Problems of Aspiration in Modern Standard Urdu

Azim, Abdul

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“…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

SOEREN¹

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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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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“…Diver [10,11] a aussi appliqué ses conclusions à l'analyse des groupes consonantiques et vocaliques en général, et en anglais en particulier. C'est dans cette optique que des recherches ont été menées pour d'autres langues parmi lesquelles l'italien (voir Davis [6]), l'hébreu (voir Tobin [31,34]), l'urdu (voir Azim [2], Jabeen [19]), le mewati (voir Fatihi [15]), l'espagnol (voir Flores [16]) et le biélorusse (voir Dreer [12]). La théorie a été également appliquée à l'analyse des troubles phonologiques, à la dialectologie et à toutes sortes de problèmes historiques, psycholinguistiques et sociolinguistiques (voir Tobin [31][32][33][34]).…”

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“…'une manière non-turbulente, comme les phonèmes d'aperture le font, bien qu'ils se produisent par une occlusion partielle, avec un degré d'aperture 2. d'aperture ne s'accompagne pas de turbulence de l'écoulement de l'air2 . 4.…”

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L’application de la théorie de « phonologie comme comportement humain » à l’analyse de la distribution phonotactique des consonnes et des voyelles dans les mots monosyllabiques du français standard

Dreer

2018

SHS Web Conf.

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Dans cet article, nous appliquons la théorie de « phonologie comme comportement humain » à l'analyse de la distribution phonotactique des consonnes et des voyelles dans les mots monosyllabiques du français standard, c'est-à-dire de l'occurrence des phonèmes dans certains environnements phonétiques plutôt que dans d'autres. Nous allons montrer que la distribution phonotactique peut être expliquée par le principe de lutte mini-max qui « représente la synthèse des besoins et de l'inertie » [23], c'est-à-dire qui consiste à atteindre le maximum de communication avec le minimum d'effort [30]. En d'autres mots, l'analyse va montrer qu'il existe un rapport direct entre l'effort que les locuteurs font pour contrôler les muscles des organes phonateurs, impliqués dans la production des phonèmes, et la fréquence plus élevée ou plus faible de ces phonèmes dans différentes distributions phonotactiques. D'une part, nous allons montrer quantitativement que les suites de mouvements qui sont plus faciles à articuler et, par conséquent, plus faciles à apprendre à contrôler sont préférées à celles qui exigent une augmentation d'effort et, donc, qui sont plus difficiles à apprendre à contrôler. D'autre part, on augmente un effort pour créer un plus grand nombre de distinctions qui peuvent être clairement perçues dans la communication.Abstract. The application of the theory of "phonology as human behavior" to the analysis of the phonotactic distribution of consonants and vowels in monosyllabic words of Standard French. In this paper, we apply the theory of "phonology as human behavior" to the analysis of the phonotactic distribution of consonants and vowels in monosyllabic words of Standard French, that is, of the occurrence of phonemes in certain phonetic environments rather than in others. We will show that the phonotactic distribution can be explained by the principle of mini-max struggle that "represents the synthesis of needs and inertia" [23], that is which consists in reaching the maximum communication with minimal effort [30]. In other words, the analysis will show that there is a direct  dreer@post.bgu.ac.il connection between the effort applied by speakers to control the muscles of the phonatory organs, involved in the production of phonemes, and the higher or lower frequency of these phonemes in different phonotactic distributions. On the one hand, we will show quantitatively that combinations of movements that are easier to articulate and, hence, easier to learn to control are favored over combinations requiring more effort and, thus, being more difficult to learn to control. On the other hand, a greater effort is invested to create more distinctions that can be clearly perceived in communication.

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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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Problems of Aspiration in Modern Standard 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

L’application de la théorie de « phonologie comme comportement humain » à l’analyse de la distribution phonotactique des consonnes et des voyelles dans les mots monosyllabiques du français standard

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

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