Coarticulation in Phonology (Paperback)

There is debate about how coarticulation is represented in speakers' mental grammar, as well as the role that coarticulation plays in explaining synchronic and diachronic sound patterns across languages. This Element takes an individual-differences approach in examining nasal coarticulation in production and perception in order to understand how coarticulation is used phonologically in American English. Experiment 1 examines coarticulatory variation across 60 speakers. The relationship between speaking rate and coarticulation is used to classify three types of coarticulation. Experiment 2 is a perception study relating the differences in realization of coarticulation across speakers to listeners' identification of lexical items. The author demonstrates that differences in speaker-specific patterns of coarticulation reflect differences in the phonologization of vowel nasalization. Results support predictions made by models that propose an active role by both speakers and listeners in using coarticulatory variation to express lexical contrasts and view coarticulation as represented in an individual's grammar.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Elements in Phonology
Release date:	July 2022
Authors:	Georgia Zellou
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	75
ISBN-13:	978-1-00-907733-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech) Promotions
LSN:	1-00-907733-3
Barcode:	9781009077330

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