Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length

Louise Ratko; Michael Proctor; Felicity Cox

Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length

Louise Ratko, Michael Proctor, Felicity Cox

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Abstract

Articulatory coordination in English phonemic vowel length contrasts has not been systematically explored. Australian English (AusE), which has a true phonemic vowel length contrast in the open vowels /ɐː-ɐ/ (as in tart-tut), provides a natural control case for exploring articulatory vowel length. Intergestural coordination was examined using Electromagnetic Articulography in stop-initial syllables differing in vowel length produced by five speakers of Australian English. Constriction formation of the supraglottal consonant gesture in the onset was synchronous with the nuclear vowel gesture irrespective of vowel length. Constriction release of the onset consonant was delayed, and VOT lengthened, in syllables containing a phonemically long vowel (tart), compared to syllables with short vowels of the same quality (tut). The findings are consistent with a model of syllable structure in which there is independent control of constriction formation and constriction release in onset gestures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Endangered languages, and major language varieties
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Editors	Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain, Paul Warren
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA)
Pages	1535-1539
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780646800691
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (19th : 2019) - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019

Conference

Conference	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (19th : 2019)
Abbreviated title	ICPhS2019
Country	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19

Keywords

vowel length
gestural coordination
Australian English
syllable structure
articulography

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Ratko, L., Proctor, M., & Cox, F. (2019). Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length. In S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain, & P. Warren (Eds.), Endangered languages, and major language varieties: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1535-1539). Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA). https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_1584.pdf

Ratko, Louise ; Proctor, Michael ; Cox, Felicity. / Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length. Endangered languages, and major language varieties: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. editor / Sasha Calhoun ; Paola Escudero ; Marija Tabain ; Paul Warren. Canberra : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2019. pp. 1535-1539

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Ratko, L , Proctor, M & Cox, F 2019, Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length. in S Calhoun, P Escudero, M Tabain & P Warren (eds), Endangered languages, and major language varieties: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), Canberra, pp. 1535-1539, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (19th : 2019), Melbourne, Australia, 5/08/19. <https://assta.org/proceedings/ICPhS2019/papers/ICPhS_1584.pdf>

Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length. / Ratko, Louise ; Proctor, Michael ; Cox, Felicity.

Endangered languages, and major language varieties: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. ed. / Sasha Calhoun; Paola Escudero; Marija Tabain; Paul Warren. Canberra : Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA), 2019. p. 1535-1539.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Ratko L , Proctor M , Cox F. Onset - vowel articulatory coordination - voiceless stops and vowel length. In Calhoun S, Escudero P, Tabain M, Warren P, editors, Endangered languages, and major language varieties: Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA). 2019. p. 1535-1539