Acoustic Characteristics of Eastern and Western Bulgarian Types of Articulation of Soft Consonants (Pilot Study) Cover Image

Акустични особености на артикулацията от източнобългарски и западнобългарски тип на меки съгласни (пилотно изследване).
Acoustic Characteristics of Eastern and Western Bulgarian Types of Articulation of Soft Consonants (Pilot Study)

Author(s): Vladislav Marinov, Gergana Padareva-Ilieva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: soft consonants; bilabial plosives; аcoustic characteristics

Summary/Abstract: This pilot study compares and analyzes the acoustic characteristics of soft bilabial plosives in the speech of representatives of Eastern and Western Bulgarian dialects. Six acoustic parameters follow the CVC syllable structure. The results show that there is a notable difference in the consonant duration and the F2 transition duration between the Eastern and Western types of articulation. The paper confirms that consonant duration, F2 onset, F2 offset and F2 transition duration are informative enough to differentiate between Eastern and Western types of soft consonants on the one hand, and soft consonants and non-palatalized consonants on the other hand.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 379-391
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian