SELECTED ACOUSTIC FEATURES
OF THE WELSH LATERAL FRICATIVE /Ɫ/
SELECTED ACOUSTIC FEATURES
OF THE WELSH LATERAL FRICATIVE /Ɫ/
Author(s): Michał BaranSubject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: laryngeal fricative; aspiration; spectral moments; fricatives; Welsh consonants;
Summary/Abstract: The Welsh language exhibits a number of features uncommon from a cross-linguistic pointof view, one of which is a relatively large number of fricative phonemes. This paper analysesselected acoustic features of the Welsh lateral fricative /ɬ/ in order to contribute to the debateon the laryngeal system in Welsh and the classification of /ɬ/ within that system. Totalarticulation length, voicing length and SMA parameters of the friction period are measuredand analysed on the basis of recordings of 6 native speakers of Welsh. The results confirmthe classification of /ɬ/ as a fortis sound proposed in earlier studies (Asmus and Grawunder2017, Baran forthcoming) and suggest that the Welsh /ɬ/ may exhibit aspiration.
Journal: Research in Language (RiL)
- Issue Year: 22/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 38-66
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English
