Modeling Sonority in Terms of Pitch Intelligibility With the Nucleus Attraction Principle
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13161
Abstract: Sonority is a fundamental notion in phonetics and phonology, central to many descriptions of the syllable and various useful predictions in phonotactics. Although widely accepted, sonority lacks a clear basis in speech articulation or perception,… read more here.
Keywords: perception; sonority terms; attraction principle; nucleus attraction ... See more keywords
Quantifying sonority contour: A case study from American English
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DOI: 10.1121/1.4987643
Abstract: Previous studies have argued that the most reliable phonetic correlate of sonority is intensity (e.g., Parker 2002, 2008, Jany et al. 2007). However, those studies have only considered intensity of a single segment. This paper… read more here.
Keywords: contour case; intensity; american english; sonority ... See more keywords
Structural Principles or Frequency of Use? An ERP Experiment on the Learnability of Consonant Clusters
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.02005
Abstract: Phonological knowledge of a language involves knowledge about which segments can be combined under what conditions. Languages vary in the quantity and quality of licensed combinations, in particular sequences of consonants, with Polish being a… read more here.
Keywords: experiment; frequency; structural principles; consonant clusters ... See more keywords