Articulatory Characteristics of Polish Retroflex Sibilants. Analysis Using Electromagnetic Articulography

• Authors: Lorenc Anita
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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While the retroflexion of Polish sibilants is not a newly discovered feature, it is nevertheless not yet very popular in the Polish-language literature. The purpose of this article is to provide detailed articulatory evidence for the retroflex character of Polish consonants [ʂ ʐ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ]. A new aspect of this approach is the use of instrumental techniques based on electromagnetic articulography, which has been used in a historically largest group of carefully selected speakers. The articulatory features of Polish retroflex sibilants were distinguished. Those features also represent the classification criteria of this group of consonants. The analysis of articulatory data made it possible to describe the articulatory characteristics of Polish retroflex sibilants present in the majority of the realisations, such as apicality, (post)alveolarity, the presence of the sublingual cavity and tongue retraction.

Keywords

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electromagnetic articulography; retroflexes; sibilants; articulation

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Logopedyczne
• Journal: Logopedia
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 47 EN
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 131-149

Dates

published

2018-12-15

Contributors

author

Lorenc Anita

• Warsaw University, Institute of Applied Polish Studies, Department of Speech and Language Therapy and Voice Production

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Notes

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This article was written under the research project No. 2012/05/E/HS2/03770 entitled Współczesna wymowa polska. Badanie z wykorzystaniem trójwymiarowej artykulografii elektromagnetycznej [Contemporary Polish pronunciation. Research with the use of three-dimensional electromagnetic articulography] conducted under the direction of A. Lorenc. The project was financed by the National Science Centre under Decision No. DEC-2012/05/E/HS2/03770.