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Romanian and Japanese Name Truncations

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Avram A. A.

Academic Journal of Modern Philology

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2015

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vol. 4

7-23

EN

This paper looks into the structural properties of both Romanian and Japanese truncated names. Name truncation is considered to be a word-formation process and is analyzed from the perspective of Prosodic Morphology (McCarthy & Prince 1995, 1998; Booij 2005; Downing 2006). A contrastive analysis of the morphological and phonological structure of truncated names in both Romanian and Japanese shows that they are subject to strict prosodic requirements. Thus, linguistically significant generalizations and constraints on the makeup of truncated names can only be formulated in terms of moras, syllables and feet. Also discussed is the relation between name truncation and prosodic minimality in the two languages.

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Emergent Stops in English and in Polish: Against Syllable-Based Accounts

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Czaplicki B.

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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2010

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vol. 46

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issue 2

177-191

EN

Consonant epenthesis has been used to provide support for syllable-based approaches. In Optimality Theoretic accounts, epenthesis serves to reduce the markedness by providing missing onsets. In this paper, I look at a different type of apparent insertion, the emergence of stops in consonant clusters. In search for a possible driver of the process, I consider syllable structure, syllable contact, and sonority distance. It is demonstrated that the syllable cannot be held accountable for the appearance of stops in consonant clusters. More generally, reference to markedness results in wrong predictions. It is argued that a diachronic phonetically-based explanation referring to aerodynamic requirements and articulatory gestures has significantly more explanatory power. The mis-timing of phonetic gestures may lead to structural reinterpretation, giving rise to the phonologization of emergent stops. Historical and modern English, as well as dialectal Polish, provide the primary illustrative examples for this phonetically-based analysis.

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Slabičné Rozhrania V Modeloch Trojčlenných Konsonantických Skupín V Slovenčine

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Sabol J., Ivančová L.

Jazykovedný Casopis

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2015

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vol. 65

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issue 2

105-121

EN

The paper analyzes the criteria for the determination of the syllabic boundary in consonant clusters in the intersonantic position of three-syllable words (material base is standard Slovak), while the applicability and „weight” of individual criteria for the determination of syllable boundaries, as well as their „cooperative” and „contradicting” character, are manifested. The interpretative procedure is realized on the abstract level of phonic units, on which three groups of nonsonants (resonant, noise occlusives and noise fricatives) are determined. As a result, a limited number of model combinations of examined consonant (nonsonant) clusters has arisen. This kind of analysis proceeds from a closer interconnection between differentiated levels of individual and universal in phonic units according to J. Sabol’s synthetic phonological theory.

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Czy koniec zmowy milczenia wokół teorii nieregularnego rozwoju fonetycznego spowodowanego frekwencją?

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Mańczak W.

Academic Journal of Modern Philology

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2012

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vol. 1

75-83

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In all the languages, the form of the word depends on the three main factors: regular phonetic development, analogical development and irregular phonetic development that takes place due to frequency. There is a constant debate or even a battle between scholars over the notion of the irregular phonetic development. Some of them tend to be inclined to agree with the theory, while others reject it. Such a debate, however, sheds some light on the fact that the theory has still much to offer and cannot be rejected. This article is a response to the four articles published in Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego 67 which try to expound on the theory of irregular phonetic development that appears due to frequency. Two of the mentioned articles, mainly the articles written by A. Bochnakowa and Z. Szkutnik (2011) and I. Kraski-Szlenk (2011) are in favor of the theory, whereas other two, written by A. Bogusławski (2011) and A. Bańkowski (2011) neglect and completely reject the theory. This article tries to answer and expound upon the questions and issues raised in all the four publications. The author attempts to answer the questions stated in the articles and, once again, tries to present and analyze the data that in conclusion appear to support the theory.

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Syllable Structure of Ukrainian. An Ot Perspective

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Czaplicki B.

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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2007

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vol. 43

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issue 2

23-41

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This paper aims at presenting an OT account of the basic syllable structure of Ukrainian. Among the specifically Ukrainian syllable-driven processes that are considered are onset maximisation, prothesis, voice assimilation, as well as the behaviour of clusters of obstruents agreeing and disagreeing in voicing, sonority plateaus and extrasyllabic sonorants. Optimality Theory is shown to successfully handle dialectal variation in the application of prothesis, as well as the transparency effects in voice assimilation.

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Badanie poczucia subiektywnego związanego z dzieleniem na sylaby wyrazów języka polskiego – podział wieloelementowych grup spółgłoskowych

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Śledziński D.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Językoznawcza

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2017

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vol. 24

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issue 2

195-214

PL

This paper presents the results of a preliminary investigation of subjective feelings related to the syllabification of Polish words written in orthographic form. The results are part of a wider study, and the data presented here are limited to polysegmental word-internal consonant clusters. In the author’s previous articles it was noted that some morphological boundaries are perceived as syllable boundaries – particularly boundaries between a prefix and a stem. The words that contain such boundaries were excluded from the investigation. The main goal was to verify whether the phonostatistical properties of consonant clusters influence subjective feelings related to syllabification. The investigated statistical proprieties concern the frequency of occurrence of consonant clusters, and of parts of them at the beginning of words, in the text corpus. Another goal was to verify whether the syllabification based on phonology differs from that based on subjective feelings.

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Formal is Natural: Toward an Ecological Phonology

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Gibbon D.

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics

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2009

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vol. 45

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issue 1

73-102

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Naturalism Phonology (NP) has a history of opposition to abstractness, to generative linguistics, to formalist approaches, and differs from these in its strong focus on external rather than distributional, structural evidential domains. But evidence domains are orthogonal to empirical and formal methods, and, like formalist theories such as Optimality Theory (OT), the pedigree of NP includes structuralist and generative phonology. In an analysis which is sympathetic to both NP and OT, this contribution examines the relation between NP and OT, analyses a classic OT case study of syllabification in Tashlhiyt Berber, and presents computational linguistic analyses of this case, as well as of English syllable phonotactics and of tone language tonotactics. The contribution advocates an opening towards these methods, and the adoption of explicit, consistent, precise, complete and sound formal criteria for theories, which enable an exact interpretation in terms of operational models and computational implementations, and practical applications. The general frame of reference is a the Ecological Cycle in theory formation, from clarification of the domain through theory construction, interpretation with a model, evaluation and application in the original evidential domain, with payback to the language community from which the evidence was gained.

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Temporaalne variatiivsus eestikeelsete laulude esitamisel kui kompromiss kone ja muusika vahel

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Lippus P., Ross J.

Mäetagused

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2017

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vol. 68

123-144

EN

Acoustic syllable durations were measured in Estonian utterances performed in parallel as recited and sung. A systematic effect of phonological syllable length was found irrespective of the group of participants (contemporary or historic). This effect of syllable length was modified by the mode of performance: in music, it was present considerably less than in speech. In music, the effect of syllable length in turn was modified by song: it was present in two of the three songs, but absent in one song. The above results suggest that the correspondence between linguistic duration and musical rhythm in a quantity language such as Estonian is loosely defined. The nature of the correspondence between linguistic quantity and musical rhythm may be considered, to a certain extent, analogous to the tone-tune relationship in tonal languages.

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Склад і складоподіл в українській мові: фонетичний і фонологічний аспекти

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Iszczenko O.

Studia Ucrainica Varsoviensia

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2016

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vol. 4

115-131

PL

The article deals with the issues of Ukrainian syllables and syllabifi cation in terms of phonetics and phonology. The study is based on the analysis of various scientifi c views on the above problems. As a result a phonological interpretation of syllables and syllabification in Ukrainian is proposed. The main conclusion is that a syllable exists as a phonetic syllable and a phonological syllable, and each one has its own rules of formation and, consequently, syllabifi cation in words.

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Wielowarstwowy model podziału wyrazów ortograficznych języka polskiego na sylaby

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Śledziński D.

Polonica

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2018

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vol. 38

175-198

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This paper presents a model for the syllabification of Polish words written in orthographic form. It raises some significant issues related to syllabification, including the linguistic definition of a syllable and certain phonological principles: the Sonority Sequencing Principle and the Maximal Onset Principle. The article describes the steps of a designed syllabification procedure. This procedure provides four layers of syllable boundary placement. The first layer is related to the morphological structure of the word (it concerns mainly boundaries between a prefix and a stem). The structure of the rules in the first layer is based on the initial and final strings in words. The goal of the second layer is to put boundaries between syllable nuclei. The next layer modifies the boundaries that result from the phonological principles. The last layer places boundaries resulting from the phonological principles. Rules applied earlier mask rules on the succeeding layers. The article also presents a structure of rules based on probability. A description of static syllabification systems is also given - these work much faster, but it is not possible to modify the rules associated with them. The last described feature of the presented solution is the ability to create generative systems.

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Percepcja audytywna, właściwości akustyczne oraz cechy dystrybucyjne sylab w języku polskim

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Śledziński D.

Investigationes Linguisticae

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2015

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issue 32

106-123

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This paper presents experiments concerning properties of selected CV syllables. Acoustic speech signal related to particular syllables was analyzed using artificial neural networks. The goal of the analyses was to investigate whether realizations of particular syllables retain acoustic features distinctive of these syllables. Aditionally, a perception test aiming at identification of the same syllable set was carried out. In the test we analyzed to which degree it is possible to identify syllables isolated from the linguistic context. The paper discusses also results on distributional properties of syllables which indicate that such properties may play a significant role in speech perception.

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This paper presents experiments concerning properties of selected CV syllables. Acoustic speech signal related to particular syllables was analyzed using artificial neural networks. The goal of the analyses was to investigate whether realizations of particular syllables retain acoustic features distinctive of these syllables. Aditionally, a perception test aiming at identification of the same syllable set was carried out. In the test we analyzed to which degree it is possible to identify syllables isolated from the linguistic context. The paper discusses also results on distributional properties of syllables which indicate that such properties may play a significant role in speech perception.Percepcja audytywna, właściwości akustyczne oraz cechy dystrybucyjne sylab w języku polskim

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SYLABA JAKO PRZEDMIOT BADAŃ JĘZYKOZNAWCZYCH I JEDNOSTKA „DYDAKTYCZNA”

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Staniszewska A.

Rocznik Przemyski

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2015

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vol. 51

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issue 2(19): Literatura i Język

73-86

EN

Analysis of the syllable’s character and structure is seldom extensively conducted in Polish linguistics. On the other hand, the syllable is an extremely important term in speech development. It was used in reading primers as an obligatory component of teaching reading for several centuries until the 19th century, when speech sound started to be used as a basic element of new methods. Nowadays children’s developmental problems cause more speaking disorders. Speaking therapists are trying to return to syllable methods, with good results. This is probably a good reason to make a revision of today’s methods.

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Fonotaktická analýza obsahu slabik na okrajích českých slov v mluvené a psané řeči

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Šturm P., Lukeš D.

Slovo a slovesnost: časopis pro otázky teorie a kultury jazyka (Slovo a slovesnost: A journal for the theory of language and language cultivation)

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2017

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vol. 78

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issue 2

99-118

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This study aims to provide and analyze a representative list of Czech initial syllable onsets and final codas along with their frequencies of occurrence in running text (token frequencies) and in the vocabulary of unique word forms extracted from it (type frequencies). The frequency data are important because many experiments have demonstrated that phonotactics is not categorical, but rather gradient in nature. Importantly, the study analyzes and compares both spoken and written texts, using the Czech National Corpus, and the two modalities are hypothesized to yield different outcomes. All words in the sample were transcribed phonemically and analyzed. A general preference was found for phonotactic structures that are simple in the context of the attested inventory, and the two corpora differed most in the repertoire of complex onsets/codas (some sequences being unique to one modality) as well as in their respective frequencies. The results are discussed in relation to previous studies of Czech phonotactics, and evaluated with respect to implications for phonological theory, focusing on spoken/written and type/token comparisons.

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Badanie odczucia subiektywnego związanego z dzieleniem na sylaby wyrazów języka polskiego - podział grup złożonych ze spółgłosek właściwych

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Śledziński D.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Linguistica

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2017

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vol. 51

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issue 1

93-107

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This paper presents the results of an investigation of subjective feelings related to the syllabification of Polish words written in orthographic form. The results presented are limited to consonant clusters composed only of obstruents, located within words. In previous articles the author has shown that, despite the presence of numerous long consonant clustersin Polish, the process of syllabification may be based on phonological principles: the sonority principle and the principle of maximal onset. It was also shown that the phonological rules sometimes suggest different solutions than the morphological structure, particularly at boundaries between a prefix and a stem. The main goal of the present investigations was to verify whether the syllabification based on phonology differs from that based on subjective feelings. The article also refers to some statistical properties of consonant clusters, with the aim of verifying whether the main results presented here are related to those properties.

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Badanie odczucia subiektywnego związanego z dzieleniem na sylaby wyrazów języka polskiego ― podział grup złożonych ze spółgłosek sonornych

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Śledziński D.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Linguistica

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2017

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vol. 51

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issue 1

109-127

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This paper presents the results of an investigation of subjective feelings related to the syllabification of Polish words written in orthographic form. The results presented are limited to consonant clusters that contain at least one sonorant. This is a continuation of the author’s previous paper: An investigation of subjective feelings related to syllabification in Polish - the division of consonant clusters composed of obstruents. In previous articles the author has shown that, despite the presence of numerous long consonant clusters in Polish, the process of syllabification may be based on phonological principles: the sonority principle and the principle of maximal onset. The main goal of the present investigations was to verify whether the syllabification based on phonology differs from that based on subjective feelings. The article also refers to some statistical properties of consonant clusters, with the aim of verifying whether the results presented here are related to those properties.

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Tworzenie reguł dla programu dzielącego tekst w języku polskim na sylaby

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Śledziński D.

Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego

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2016

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vol. 72

151-161

PL

Dostępne lingwistyczne definicje sylaby nie umożliwiają jednoznacznego podziału wyrazów na sylaby. Dotyczy to w szczególności języka polskiego, w którym występują liczne wieloelementowe grupy spółgłoskowe niespotykane w innych językach. Niniejszy artykuł dotyczy programu komputerowego (rozwijanego przez autora) przeznaczonego dla dzielenia tekstów w języku polskim na sylaby. Działanie tego programu opiera się na wynikach wcześniejszych badań autora, które wykazały istotne znaczenie zarówno fonologii, jak i morfologii dla procesu dzielenia wyrazów na sylaby. Badania te wykazały, że podział wyrazów w języku polskim prawie zawsze można oprzeć na zasadach fonologicznych, jednak w niektórych przypadkach morfologia sugeruje inny podział. Dlatego podstawowa procedura podziału oparta jest na regułach wynikających z fonologicznej zasady sonorności, natomiast stosowanie reguł wynikających ze struktury morfologicznej wyrazów jest opcjonalne. Artykuł dotyczy rozwiązań zastosowanych w programie – przede wszystkim omówiona została struktura reguł podziału. Publikacja porusza również problem różnic między zapisem ortograficznym i transkrypcją ortograficzną w języku polskim. Ten problem jest istotny, ponieważ proces dzielenia na sylaby dotyczy tekstów ortograficznych, natomiast wartości fonologicznej sonorności są przypisywane do dźwięków mowy.

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According to the current definitions of a syllable it is impossible to syllabify words in an unambiguous and uncontroversial manner. This especially concerns languages such as Polish, which is rich in long consonant clusters, rarely occurring in other languages. The article describes computer software currently being developed by the author to divide Polish texts into syllables. The program is based on the findings of the author’s previous research, which point to the significance of both phonology and morphology for syllabification in Polish. Investigation has shown that syllabification may, in most cases, be based mostly on phonology, but sometimes morphology suggests different solutions. Therefore the main syllabification procedure is based on the phonological principle of sonority, with an optional syllabification procedure based on the morphological structure of words. The article outlines the solutions employed in the program – mainly the structure of syllabification rules. Attention is also drawn to the differences between orthographic spelling and phonological transcription in Polish, which is important due to the fact that the syllabification program operates on orthographic words, while phonological sonority values are applicable to speech sounds.

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Pevný bod pro zkoumání řečového rytmu

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Volín J., Šturm P.

Naše řeč (Our Speech)

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2016

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vol. 99

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issue 2

92-100

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The paper deals with research on speech rhythm. It presents an experiment that investigated the moment of syllabic perceptual anchoring. More than twenty respondents were asked to synchronize production of four similar words in different grammatical forms with metronome beats. The recordings of their attempts reveal the rhythmically most important moment in each word. The description of the experiment is presented against the background of previous research in the area. It shows how the first syllable onset and the second syllable coda influence the position of the rhythmic centre of gravity in Czech.

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Rytmus řeči a verše v češtině

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Palková Z.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2012

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vol. 60

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issue 3

338-354

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The author of the article takes as her starting point the premise that verse as a particular speech form is seen against the background of everyday use of language. A close examination of the suprasegmental prosodic structure of language and the study of the perceptual effect of individal acoustic features can contribute to the transparency of the debate on the implementation or modification of the verse system in a given language. The article picks out several features of the acoustic structure of languages, whose presence necessarily influences the possibilities of the rhythmic organization of a text. The author considers in particular the properties of the syllable and their consequences in the emergence and perception of linear acoustic units at the lexical level. Addressing the specific qualities of Czech, the author follows on from Miroslav Červenka´s essays on the nature of Czech syllabotonic verse. She then concludes by confirming that the indisputable predominance of syllabicity is demonstrated by the characteristic of the language. The main influences are the stable from of the syllable, the potentiality of the word´s accent, and the close link of the stress group to the word.

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Romanian and Japanese Name Truncations

Emergent Stops in English and in Polish: Against Syllable-Based Accounts

Slabičné Rozhrania V Modeloch Trojčlenných Konsonantických Skupín V Slovenčine

Czy koniec zmowy milczenia wokół teorii nieregularnego rozwoju fonetycznego spowodowanego frekwencją?

Syllable Structure of Ukrainian. An Ot Perspective

Badanie poczucia subiektywnego związanego z dzieleniem na sylaby wyrazów języka polskiego – podział wieloelementowych grup spółgłoskowych

Formal is Natural: Toward an Ecological Phonology

Temporaalne variatiivsus eestikeelsete laulude esitamisel kui kompromiss kone ja muusika vahel

Склад і складоподіл в українській мові: фонетичний і фонологічний аспекти

Wielowarstwowy model podziału wyrazów ortograficznych języka polskiego na sylaby

Percepcja audytywna, właściwości akustyczne oraz cechy dystrybucyjne sylab w języku polskim

SYLABA JAKO PRZEDMIOT BADAŃ JĘZYKOZNAWCZYCH I JEDNOSTKA „DYDAKTYCZNA”

Fonotaktická analýza obsahu slabik na okrajích českých slov v mluvené a psané řeči

Badanie odczucia subiektywnego związanego z dzieleniem na sylaby wyrazów języka polskiego - podział grup złożonych ze spółgłosek właściwych

Badanie odczucia subiektywnego związanego z dzieleniem na sylaby wyrazów języka polskiego ― podział grup złożonych ze spółgłosek sonornych

Tworzenie reguł dla programu dzielącego tekst w języku polskim na sylaby

Pevný bod pro zkoumání řečového rytmu

Rytmus řeči a verše v češtině