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Glottalisation of word-final stops in Australian English unstressed syllables
Journal of the International Phonetic Association ( IF 0.8 ) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 , DOI: 10.1017/s0025100319000045
Joshua Penney , Felicity Cox , Anita Szakay

Glottalisation functions as a cue to coda stop voicelessness in many varieties of English, occurring most commonly for alveolar stops, although varieties differ according to the context and frequency with which glottalisation is used. In Australian English, younger speakers glottalise voiceless coda stops at much higher rates than older speakers suggesting a recent change to the variety, yet this change has only been examined in stressed syllables for stops with alveolar place of articulation. In addition, research has found that glottalisation occurs in a trading relationship with preceding vowel duration to cue coda stop voicing: younger speakers make less use of vowel duration and more use of glottalisation. This study investigates glottalisation as a cue to coda voicing in unstressed syllables, an environment in which coda voicing-related vowel durational differences are already reduced. We examine this phenomenon in two separate datasets of Australian English with reference to stops at three places of articulation to explore dialect-specific distributional patterns and to track the potential progression of change. The results suggest that glottalisation occurs in conjunction with voiceless stops at all places of articulation in the unstressed Australian English contexts examined here. The results also confirm that younger speakers employ glottalisation more than older speakers, and show that females glottalise more than males, both results supporting previous suggestions of a recent change to the variety.

中文翻译:

澳大利亚英语非重读音节中词尾停音的声门化

声门化功能在许多英语变体中作为尾声停清音的提示,最常见于肺泡停止,尽管变体根据使用声门化的上下文和频率而有所不同。在澳大利亚英语中,年轻的说话者发出清音尾塞音的频率远高于年长的说话者,这表明该变体最近发生了变化,但这种变化仅在重读音节中进行了检查,以发现带有齿槽发音位置的塞音。此外,研究发现声门化发生在与前面的元音持续时间的交易关系中,以提示尾声停止发声:年轻的说话者较少使用元音持续时间而更多地使用声门化。这项研究调查了声门化作为非重读音节尾声的提示,与尾声相关的元音持续时间差异已经减少的环境。我们在两个独立的澳大利亚英语数据集中研究了这一现象,参考在三个发音位置停止,以探索特定方言的分布模式并跟踪变化的潜在进展。结果表明,在此处检查的无重读澳大利亚英语语境中,声门化与所有发音部位的清音停顿一起发生。结果还证实,年轻的说话者比年长的说话者更多地使用声门,并表明女性比男性更多地使用声门,这两个结果都支持了之前关于该品种最近发生变化的建议。我们在两个独立的澳大利亚英语数据集中研究了这一现象,参考在三个发音位置停止,以探索特定方言的分布模式并跟踪变化的潜在进展。结果表明,在此处检查的无重读澳大利亚英语语境中,声门化与所有发音部位的清音停顿一起发生。结果还证实,年轻的说话者比年长的说话者更多地使用声门,并表明女性比男性更多地使用声门,这两个结果都支持了之前关于该品种最近发生变化的建议。我们在两个独立的澳大利亚英语数据集中研究了这一现象,参考在三个发音位置停止,以探索特定方言的分布模式并跟踪变化的潜在进展。结果表明,在此处检查的无重读澳大利亚英语语境中,声门化与所有发音部位的清音停顿一起发生。结果还证实,年轻的说话者比年长的说话者更多地使用声门,并表明女性比男性更多地使用声门,这两个结果都支持了之前关于该品种最近发生变化的建议。结果表明,在此处检查的无重读澳大利亚英语语境中,声门化与所有发音部位的清音停顿一起发生。结果还证实,年轻的说话者比年长的说话者更多地使用声门,并表明女性比男性更多地使用声门,这两个结果都支持了之前关于该品种最近发生变化的建议。结果表明,在此处检查的无重读澳大利亚英语语境中,声门化与所有发音部位的清音停顿一起发生。结果还证实,年轻的说话者比年长的说话者更多地使用声门,并表明女性比男性更多地使用声门,这两个结果都支持了之前关于该品种最近发生变化的建议。
更新日期:2019-04-16
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