Dvojí i v české výslovnosti

• Authors: Radek Skarnitzl

Title variants

EN

TWO KINDS OF I IN THE PRONUNCIATION OF CZECH

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study examines the pronunciation of Czech /I/ and /i / in the speech of Czech Radio newsreaders. This vocalic contrast has been traditionally described as consisting in duration. The analyses reveal that the duration of the phonologically long /i / is only approximately 30% greater than that of the phonologically short /I /. As for the analysis of formant values, the short /I / appears to lie closer to vowels of the /e/-quality than to its long counterpart /i /. The morphological status of the syllables with /I/ and /i /, as well as the position within an utterance have been taken into account. The results also indicate interesting idiosyncratic tendencies.

Keywords

EN

Czech; vowel; vowel quality; vowel quantity

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 95
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 141-154
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Radek Skarnitzl

• Fonetický ústav FF UK, Prague, Czech Republic