Acoustic and electromagnetic articulographic study of pharyngealisation
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Mohamed Embarki
Abstract
The present chapter deals with the coarticulatory effects of the contrast of pharyngealisation in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Dialectal Arabic (DA). The first part of the study reports acoustic data, based on locus equation (LE) parameters extracted from the production of sixteen subjects from Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco who spoke 24 words in MSA and 24 words in DA, with a symmetrical VCV context [iCi, uCu, aCa] where C was either pharyngealised /tˁ, dˁ, sˁ, ðˁ/ or non-pharyngealised /t, d, s, ð/. LE parameters were found to accurately reflect pharyngealisation patterns of CV coarticulatory effects according to speech variety and geographical clustering. The second part of the study deals with EMA data from one Tunisian speaker. It provides some observations of the articulatory mechanism of pharyngealisation. This section provides also a comprehensive interpretation of the coarticulatory effects of pharyngealisation as revealed by locus equation parameters.
Abstract
The present chapter deals with the coarticulatory effects of the contrast of pharyngealisation in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Dialectal Arabic (DA). The first part of the study reports acoustic data, based on locus equation (LE) parameters extracted from the production of sixteen subjects from Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco who spoke 24 words in MSA and 24 words in DA, with a symmetrical VCV context [iCi, uCu, aCa] where C was either pharyngealised /tˁ, dˁ, sˁ, ðˁ/ or non-pharyngealised /t, d, s, ð/. LE parameters were found to accurately reflect pharyngealisation patterns of CV coarticulatory effects according to speech variety and geographical clustering. The second part of the study deals with EMA data from one Tunisian speaker. It provides some observations of the articulatory mechanism of pharyngealisation. This section provides also a comprehensive interpretation of the coarticulatory effects of pharyngealisation as revealed by locus equation parameters.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of contributors ix
- Transliteration and transcription symbols for Arabic xi
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Issues in syntagmatic structure
- Preliminary study of Moroccan Arabic word-initial consonant clusters and syllabification using electromagnetic articulography 29
- An acoustic phonetic study of quantity and quantity complementarity in Swedish and Iraqi Arabic 47
- Assimilation of /l/ to /r/ in Syrian Arabic 63
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Part II. Guttural consonants
- A study of the laryngeal and pharyngeal consonants in Jordanian Arabic using nasoendoscopy, videofluoroscopy and spectrography 101
- A phonetic study of guttural laryngeals in Palestinian Arabic using laryngoscopic and acoustic analysis 129
- Airflow and acoustic modelling of pharyngeal and uvular consonants in Moroccan Arabic 141
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Part III. Emphasis and coronal consonants
- Nasoendoscopic, videofluoroscopic and acoustic study of plain and emphatic coronals in Jordanian Arabic 165
- Acoustic and electromagnetic articulographic study of pharyngealisation 193
- Investigating the emphatic feature in Iraqi Arabic 217
- Glottalisation and neutralisation in Yemeni Arabic and Mehri 235
- The phonetics of localising uvularisation in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic 257
- EMA, endoscopic, ultrasound and acoustic study of two secondary articulations in Moroccan Arabic 277
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Part IV. Intonation and acquisition
- Acoustic cues to focus and givenness in Egyptian Arabic 301
- Acquisition of Lebanese Arabic and Yorkshire English /l/ by bilingual and monolingual children 325
- Appendix 355
- Index 359
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of contributors ix
- Transliteration and transcription symbols for Arabic xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Issues in syntagmatic structure
- Preliminary study of Moroccan Arabic word-initial consonant clusters and syllabification using electromagnetic articulography 29
- An acoustic phonetic study of quantity and quantity complementarity in Swedish and Iraqi Arabic 47
- Assimilation of /l/ to /r/ in Syrian Arabic 63
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Part II. Guttural consonants
- A study of the laryngeal and pharyngeal consonants in Jordanian Arabic using nasoendoscopy, videofluoroscopy and spectrography 101
- A phonetic study of guttural laryngeals in Palestinian Arabic using laryngoscopic and acoustic analysis 129
- Airflow and acoustic modelling of pharyngeal and uvular consonants in Moroccan Arabic 141
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Part III. Emphasis and coronal consonants
- Nasoendoscopic, videofluoroscopic and acoustic study of plain and emphatic coronals in Jordanian Arabic 165
- Acoustic and electromagnetic articulographic study of pharyngealisation 193
- Investigating the emphatic feature in Iraqi Arabic 217
- Glottalisation and neutralisation in Yemeni Arabic and Mehri 235
- The phonetics of localising uvularisation in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic 257
- EMA, endoscopic, ultrasound and acoustic study of two secondary articulations in Moroccan Arabic 277
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Part IV. Intonation and acquisition
- Acoustic cues to focus and givenness in Egyptian Arabic 301
- Acquisition of Lebanese Arabic and Yorkshire English /l/ by bilingual and monolingual children 325
- Appendix 355
- Index 359
