The acoustics of Cypriot Greek fricatives
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2015/06/0003/000240Keywords:
fricatives, spectral moments, Cypriot GreekAbstract
This study examines the effects of stress, place of articulation (POA) and vowel context on Cypriot Greek voiceless singleton non-sibilant fricative duration, normalised intensity, centre of gravity, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis. The findings show significant effects of POA on all measurements. Moreover, there were significant effects of stress and vowel context on duration, centre of gravity, skewness, and kurtosis. To conclude, this study provides the first instrumental/acoustic data on CG fricatives and advances our knowledge on the effects of stress and vowel context on the fricatives' acoustic structure.
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