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Ham, William Hallett.

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Phonetic and phonological aspects of geminate timing.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Phonetic and phonological aspects of geminate timing./
Author:	Ham, William Hallett.
Description:	447 p.
Notes:	Chair: Abigail C. Cohn.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International59-07A.
Subject:	Language, Linguistics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9838778
ISBN:	9780591923810

Phonetic and phonological aspects of geminate timing.
Ham, William Hallett.

Phonetic and phonological aspects of geminate timing. - 447 p.

Chair: Abigail C. Cohn.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 1998.

This dissertation examines the timing properties of geminates in Bernese (a dialect of Swiss German), Hungarian, Levantine Arabic, and Madurese (an Austronesian language of Indonesia). These languages differ as to whether vowel length is underlyingly contrastive, whether long vowels may precede geminates, and whether non-medial geminates are allowed. Two questions of primary interest are in what ways these phonological differences influence phonetic duration, and how geminates are integrated into the overall timing strategies of the languages. Acoustic studies were carried out for each of the four languages, comparing the durational properties of singleton and geminate stops in all possible phonological environments.

ISBN: 9780591923810Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018079
Language, Linguistics.

Phonetic and phonological aspects of geminate timing.
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245 1 0 $a Phonetic and phonological aspects of geminate timing.
300 $a 447 p.
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500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 59-07, Section: A, page: 2473.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 1998.
520 $a This dissertation examines the timing properties of geminates in Bernese (a dialect of Swiss German), Hungarian, Levantine Arabic, and Madurese (an Austronesian language of Indonesia). These languages differ as to whether vowel length is underlyingly contrastive, whether long vowels may precede geminates, and whether non-medial geminates are allowed. Two questions of primary interest are in what ways these phonological differences influence phonetic duration, and how geminates are integrated into the overall timing strategies of the languages. Acoustic studies were carried out for each of the four languages, comparing the durational properties of singleton and geminate stops in all possible phonological environments.
520 $a Results show that durational differences between singletons and geminates are confined to the closure phase, and that none of the four languages show significant differences in VOT or burst duration in this regard. The magnitude of the differences in closure duration varies widely, spanning from a mean of 43% in Bernese to 116% in Hungarian. I argue that differences in geminate timing are ultimately correlated with whether a language is syllable- or mora-timed, such that geminates in the former type are typically shorter. This observation is accounted for in a model of geminate timing which integrates phonetic and phonological factors with both syntagmatic and hierarchical influences.
520 $a Results also show that geminates are subject to less durational variability than singletons due to differences in such factors as voicing and place of articulation. Given phonological arguments by Hyman (1985) and Hayes (1989), and the durational stability of moras discussed by Hubbard (1994), this outcome is predicted, and lends strong empirical support to the view that geminates are inherently moraic consonants. Here, I propose that all geminates are moraic, but that not all long consonants are geminates. To account for 'weightless geminates', I suggest that some languages tolerate doubled consonants (sequences of two timing slots which are, in effect, clusters), and that both geminates and doubled consonants may occur within the same language. I further argue that word-final geminates are simple moraic consonants without additional structure, predicting that all languages which allow final geminates also treat word-final singletons as extrametrical.
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