A unified model of lenition as modulation reduction: gauging consonant strength in Ibibio

IF 0.7 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Phonology Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI:10.1017/s095267572400006x
John Harris, Eno-Abasi Urua, Kevin Tang
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We review and elaborate an account of consonantal strength that is founded on the model of speech as a modulated carrier signal. The stronger the consonant, the greater the modulation. Unlike approaches based on sonority or articulatory aperture, the account offers a uniform definition of the phonetic effect lenition has on consonants: All types of lenition (such as debuccalisation, spirantisation and vocalisation) reduce the extent to which a consonant modulates the carrier. To demonstrate the quantifiability of this account, we present an analysis of Ibibio, in which we investigate the effects of lenition on the amplitude, periodicity and temporal properties of consonants. We propose a method for integrating these different acoustic dimensions within an overall measure of modulation size. Not only does the modulated-carrier account cover all the classically recognised lenition types, but it also encompasses loss of plosive release in final stops – which, although not traditionally classed as lenition, is clearly related to processes that are.
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作为调制减弱的连音统一模型:衡量伊比维语中的辅音强度
我们回顾并阐述了基于语音作为调制载波信号模型的辅音强度理论。辅音越强,调制越大。与以声调或发音孔径为基础的方法不同,该方法对连读对辅音的语音影响做出了统一的定义:所有类型的连读(如去声化、螺旋化和发声)都会降低辅音对载体的调制程度。为了证明这一观点的可量化性,我们对伊比利亚语进行了分析,研究了宽化对辅音的振幅、周期性和时间属性的影响。我们提出了一种方法,将这些不同的声学维度整合到调制大小的整体测量中。调制载体法不仅涵盖了所有经典的连读类型,而且还包括末尾停止音中的叠音释放损失--虽然这在传统上不属于连读,但显然与属于连读的过程有关。
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Phonology
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期刊介绍: Phonology, published three times a year, is the only journal devoted exclusively to the discipline, and provides a unique forum for the productive interchange of ideas among phonologists and those working in related disciplines. Preference is given to papers which make a substantial theoretical contribution, irrespective of the particular theoretical framework employed, but the submission of papers presenting new empirical data of general theoretical interest is also encouraged. The journal carries research articles, as well as book reviews and shorter pieces on topics of current controversy within phonology.
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