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Which epenthetic vowel? Phonetic categories versus acoustic detail in perceptual vowel epenthesis [PDF]
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017 This study aims to quantify the relative contributions of phonetic categories and acoustic detail on phonotactically induced perceptual vowel epenthesis in Japanese listeners. A vowel identification task tested whether a vowel was perceived within illegal consonant clusters and, if so, which vowel was heard.
Guevara-Rukoz, Adriana +5 more
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Facilitatory Effects of Vowel Epenthesis on Word Processing in Dutch [PDF]
Journal of Memory and Language, 1999 Four experiments examined the effects on word processing of insertion of an optional epenthetic vowel in word-final consonant clusters in Dutch. Such epenthesis turns film for instance into fillem. In a word reversal task listeners treated words with and without epenthesis alike, as monosyllables, suggesting that the variant forms do not have separate ...
Van Donselaar, W. +2 more
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Deriving surface opacity from serial interactions: the case of Arabic epenthesis
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesVowel epenthesis and stress patterns in Arabic dialects vary widely; understanding their interaction is crucial for phonological theory. This study investigates how different Arabic dialects handle medial CCC clusters and how stress assignment interacts ...
Abdullah Alfaifi
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Arabic-Spanish Language Contact in Puerto Rico: A Case of Glottal Stop Epenthesis
Languages, 2019 The current study examines the realization of adjacent vowels across word boundaries in Arabic-Spanish bilinguals and Spanish monolinguals in Puerto Rico, focusing specifically on the rate of glottal stop epenthesis in this context (e.g., hombre africano
Sherez Mohamed +2 more
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Consonant-Final Loanwords and Epenthetic Vowels in Italian [PDF]
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2012 The quality of an epenthetic vowel in a particular language may vary depending on segmental and prosodic factors, such as the quality of the surrounding consonants, the quality of other vowels in the word, and the position of the epenthetic vowel within ...
Lori Repetti
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Vowel Epenthesis in Toda Songs [PDF]
Linguistics and Literature Studies, 2021 This study looks at a minor but interesting phonological phenomenon that is vowel epenthesis in Toda songs, a Dravidian language spoken in South India. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the extent to which vowel epenthesis is used to satisfy the poetic meter preferences in songs and verses that are sensitive to the number of syllables per line ...
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Current research on the linguistic features of Chinese English
World Englishes, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 487-506, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article argues that there are central features of Chinese English regardless of a speaker's Chinese first language (L1) or dialect. The current state of research on Chinese English is reviewed, outlining phonological, lexical, syntactical, prosodic, and discourse and pragmatic features of Chinese English.
Sven Albrecht
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 117-151, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The—for European languages—large amount of bound elements in the older Insular Celtic languages and the array of phonological interactions within morphological and phrasal structures have lead several researchers to conclude that individual words play a lesser role in the grammars of those languages.
Stefan Dedio
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract This article presents an overview of several significant aspects of the phonology of Uyghur (ISO: uig; pronounced [ʊjˈʁʊr]; Turkic: China). In addition to summarising previous research, we present new data and highlight its relevance for phonological theory.
Connor Mayer +2 more
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The phonetics and phonology of Uspanteko (Mayan)
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Uspanteko is an endangered Mayan language spoken by up to 6000 people in the Guatemalan highlands. We provide an overview of the phonetics and phonology of Uspanteko, focussing on phenomena which are common in Mayan languages and/or typologically interesting.
Ryan Bennett +3 more
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