Language and cluster-specific effects in the timing of onset consonant sequences in seven languages
Pouplier,Marianne Pastätter,Manfred Hoole,Philip Marin,Stefania Chitoran,Ioana Lentz,Tomas O. Kochetov,Alexei
Pouplier,Marianne
Pastätter,Manfred
Hoole,Philip
Marin,Stefania
Chitoran,Ioana
Lentz,Tomas O.
Kochetov,Alexei
Abstract
In this paper, we draw on available data from previous experiments to explore cross-linguistic variation in articu- latory overlap in CC onset clusters, taking into account the role of cluster composition. Our sample includes artic- ulography recordings of eleven clusters for seven languages. We find that cross-linguistic variability is conditional on cluster composition. Previous suggestions that languages may have individual global articulatory timing profiles for consonant clusters in terms of an overall relatively lower or higher degree of overlap are not confirmed for our sample. All included languages converge on a relatively higher degree of overlap for some of the clusters, whereas only some of the languages additionally extend into the lower overlap range, particularly for stop-sonorant sequences. Manner and voicing are further identified as factors conditioning variation in consonantal overlap. Overall languages differ in their degree of overlap in multi-faceted ways, but the relative effects of cluster composition work in the same direction across languages.
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Funding Information: We thank Lasse Bombien for generously sharing the French data. The current paper draws on existing datasets. The original studies from which the data for this paper were assembled all obtained approval of the relevant ethics review boards. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
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2022-07
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Articulatory timing, Consonant clusters, Overlap, Phonotactics, Sibilants
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Pouplier, M, Pastätter, M, Hoole, P, Marin, S, Chitoran, I, Lentz, T O & Kochetov, A 2022, 'Language and cluster-specific effects in the timing of onset consonant sequences in seven languages', Journal of Phonetics, vol. 93, 101153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2022.101153