Phonology and phonetics of Greek palatalisation
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2011/04/0010/000179Keywords:
acoustics, phonology, phonetics, palatalisation, GreekAbstract
The present investigation examines palatal production as well as the relation between phonology and phonetics in Greek. In accordance with a production experiment, the results indicate: (1) palatal productions that surface from one underlying segment are significantly longer than palatal productions that surface from two underlying segments; (2) palatal productions undergo voice assimilation with preceding stop and fricative consonant productions; and (3) the locus frequencies of male palatal productions are in the area of 1800–2000 Hz.
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