Neutralisation and contrast preservation

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-83
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Bárkányi ◽  
Zoltán G. Kiss
Keyword(s):  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Contextual Variation ◽  
Contrast Preservation ◽  
Regressive Voicing Assimilation

Abstract This paper studies the contextual variation in the voicing properties of three-consonant clusters (CC#C) in Hungarian. We investigate the velar+alveolar stop clusters /kt/ and /ɡd/, and the alveolar fricative+stop clusters /st/ and /zd/ in potentially voicing-neutralising and assimilating contexts. We show that in these contexts, regressive voicing assimilation in Hungarian is categorical, but partially contrast preserving, and that stops and fricatives are not affected in the same way. Fricatives resist voicing before a voiced obstruent and are devoiced utterance-finally. This is a phonetically unfavourable position, therefore other duration-related cues step up to prevent complete laryngeal neutralisation.

Contextual Variation in L2 Spanish: Voicing Assimilation in Advanced Learner Speech

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren B. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Variation ◽  
L2 Spanish ◽  
Regressive Voicing Assimilation

AbstractThe present study examines whether, and to what degree, regressive voicing assimilation of Spanish /s/ (as in

scholarly journals Indexicality, meaning, use

Semiotica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Ciecierski
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Context Sensitivity ◽  
Schematic Representation ◽  
Contextual Variation ◽  
Theory Of Meaning ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe article presents two concepts of indexicality. The first, more standard and narrow, identifies indexicality with systematic (meaning controlled) context-sensitivity. The second, broader (derived from the work of Jerzy Pelc), conceives indexicality in terms of the potential variability of the general semiotic characteristics expressions (with respect to the context of use). The text introduces the concept of a pragmatic matrix that serves for a schematic representation of contextual variation. I also recapitulate briefly the views of Jerzy Pelc on the meaning (manner of use) and use of expressions, and briefly indicate its relationship approaches with contemporary debates around contextualism and status of non-sentential speech acts. Finally, the relationship between the broader notion of indexicality and the directival theory of meaning is analyzed.

scholarly journals School-Aged Children’s Production of /s/ and /r/ Consonant Clusters

2009 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 336-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharynne McLeod ◽  
Joanne Arciuli
Keyword(s):  
Consonant Clusters

scholarly journals Acceleration in the bilingual acquisition of phonological structure: Evidence from Polish–English bilingual children

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO TAMBURELLI ◽  
EIRINI SANOUDAKI ◽  
GARY JONES ◽  
MICHELLE SOWINSKA
Keyword(s):  
Nonword Repetition ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Phonological Structure ◽  
English Bilingual ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Phonological Complexity ◽  
Repetition Task ◽  
Selection Of

This study examines the production of consonant clusters in simultaneous Polish–English bilingual children and in language-matched English monolinguals (aged 7;01–8;11). Selection of the language pair was based on the fact that Polish allows a greater range of consonant clusters than English. A nonword repetition task was devised in order to examine clusters of different types (obstruent-liquid vs. s + obstruent) and in different word positions (initial vs. medial), two factors that play a significant role in repetition accuracy in monolingual acquisition (e.g., Kirk & Demuth, 2005). Our findings show that bilingual children outperformed monolingual controls in the word initial s + obstruent condition. These results indicate that exposure to complex word initial clusters (in Polish) can accelerate the development of less phonologically complex clusters (in English). This constitutes significant new evidence that the facilitatory effects of bilingual acquisition extend to structural phonological domains. The implications that these results have on competing views of phonological organisation and phonological complexity are also discussed.

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