Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/
The Welsh language exhibits a number of features uncommon from a cross-linguistic point of view, one of which is a relatively large number of fricative phonemes. This paper analyses selected acoustic features of the Welsh lateral fricative /ɬ/ in order to contribute to the debate on the laryngeal sy...
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| description | The Welsh language exhibits a number of features uncommon from a cross-linguistic point of view, one of which is a relatively large number of fricative phonemes. This paper analyses selected acoustic features of the Welsh lateral fricative /ɬ/ in order to contribute to the debate on the laryngeal system in Welsh and the classification of /ɬ/ within that system. Total articulation length, voicing length and SMA parameters of the friction period are measured and analysed on the basis of recordings of 6 native speakers of Welsh. The results confirm the classification of /ɬ/ as a fortis sound proposed in earlier studies (Asmus and Grawunder 2017, Baran forthcoming) and suggest that the Welsh /ɬ/ may exhibit aspiration. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-face96c8c73144379ae0f749108119382025-01-03T14:52:55ZengLodz University PressResearch in Language1731-75332024-12-01221386610.18778/1731-7533.22.1.0325043Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/Michał Baran0University of SzczecinThe Welsh language exhibits a number of features uncommon from a cross-linguistic point of view, one of which is a relatively large number of fricative phonemes. This paper analyses selected acoustic features of the Welsh lateral fricative /ɬ/ in order to contribute to the debate on the laryngeal system in Welsh and the classification of /ɬ/ within that system. Total articulation length, voicing length and SMA parameters of the friction period are measured and analysed on the basis of recordings of 6 native speakers of Welsh. The results confirm the classification of /ɬ/ as a fortis sound proposed in earlier studies (Asmus and Grawunder 2017, Baran forthcoming) and suggest that the Welsh /ɬ/ may exhibit aspiration.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/24548laryngeal fricativeaspirationspectral momentsfricativeswelsh consonants |
| spellingShingle | Michał Baran Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/ Research in Language laryngeal fricative aspiration spectral moments fricatives welsh consonants |
| title | Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/ |
| title_full | Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/ |
| title_fullStr | Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/ |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/ |
| title_short | Selected Acoustic Features of the Welsh Lateral Fricative /ɫ/ |
| title_sort | selected acoustic features of the welsh lateral fricative l |
| topic | laryngeal fricative aspiration spectral moments fricatives welsh consonants |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/24548 |
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