NASALS AND NASALIZATION: THE RELATION BETWEEN SEGMENTAL AND COARTICULATORY TIMING

Patrice Speeter Beddor
University of Michigan

ID 1728
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Cross-language acoustic and perceptual studies in our lab test the hypothesis that certain aspects of variation in the temporal extent of vowel nasalization are linked to concomitant, inversely related variation in the duration of a flanking nasal consonant. Data from English, Thai, and Ikalanga are reported that support this hypothesis, and phonological phenomena consistent with the observed patterns of variation are considered.