'BRAT ADAMA' VS 'BRATA DAMA': TEMPORAL PHONETIC PARAMETERS SIGNALLING WORD BOUNDARIES IN POLISH

• Authors: Rojczyk Arkadiusz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the results of an acoustic analysis of temporal phonetic parameters cueing word boundaries in Polish. Durational variability has been well documented for different languages. Word-final lengthening, word-initial lengthening, and polysyllabic shortening, all predict that segments neighbouring a word boundary will differ in their durations however they differ in the direction such shortening or lengthening should take. In the present study, we obtained two Polish sequences 'brat Adama' versus 'brata dama' from 24 native speakers of Polish. The obtained results point to a complicated pattern of temporal variability caused by the boundary location in Polish.

Keywords

EN

ACOUSTIC PHONETICS; PHONETIC PARAMETERS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WORD BOUNDARIES

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Linguistica Silesiana
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 30
• Pages: 59-74
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rojczyk Arkadiusz

• Arkadiusz Rojczyk, Uniwersytet Slaski w Katowicach, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06935