Acoustic, kinematic and aerodynamic aspects of wordinitial and word-final vowels in pre-boundary context in French

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  • Cédric Gendrot

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.40.2005.257

Abstract

Four speakers repeated 8 times 15 sentences containing 'pVp' syllables (V being /a/, /i/ and /u/). The 'pVp' syllables were located in final, penultimate and antepenultimate position relatively to the Intonational Phrase (IP) boundary. They were embedded in lexical words of 1-3 syllables and were either word-initial or word-final. Results show that the closer the vowel in word-final position is to the IP boundary, the longer the duration and the higher the fundamental frequency of the vowel; it is also characterised by larger lip opening gestures. The potential reduction or coarticulation of vowels in wordinitial position compared to their counterparts in word-final position is discussed.

 

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Published

2005

How to Cite

Gendrot, Cédric. 2005. “Acoustic, Kinematic and Aerodynamic Aspects of Wordinitial and Word-Final Vowels in Pre-Boundary Context in French”. ZAS Papers in Linguistics 40 (January):45-61. https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.40.2005.257.