Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study

The paper reports findings of a pilot 3D/4D ultrasound study on the articulation of palatalized coronal obstruents in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. The study quantitatively evaluates the degree of palatalization looking at the relative dorsum frontings/dorsum raising/ advancement of the tongue root...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata E. Ćavar, Neha Nagaraj, Isabelle Amacker
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Language:deu
Published: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT 2021-03-01
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Online Access:https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/09/03_cavar.pdf
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Neha Nagaraj
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description The paper reports findings of a pilot 3D/4D ultrasound study on the articulation of palatalized coronal obstruents in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. The study quantitatively evaluates the degree of palatalization looking at the relative dorsum frontings/dorsum raising/ advancement of the tongue root as variables. Apart from the fronting and raising of the tongue dorsum, palatalized consonants show a systematic effect of the advancement of the tongue root. The preliminary results indicate that the effect of the position of the dorsum is bigger in phonemic palatalization than in allophonic palatalization, while the effect size of the tongue root remains similar across palatalization types.
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spelling doaj-art-563bf18a89e84f5faa127c8cbe8106f72025-01-20T11:39:18ZdeuOficyna Wydawnicza ATUTBeiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft2299-41222657-47992021-03-019517110.23817/bzspr.9-3Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound StudyMałgorzata E. Ćavar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6041-5086Neha Nagaraj1Isabelle Amacker2Indiana UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana UniversityThe paper reports findings of a pilot 3D/4D ultrasound study on the articulation of palatalized coronal obstruents in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. The study quantitatively evaluates the degree of palatalization looking at the relative dorsum frontings/dorsum raising/ advancement of the tongue root as variables. Apart from the fronting and raising of the tongue dorsum, palatalized consonants show a systematic effect of the advancement of the tongue root. The preliminary results indicate that the effect of the position of the dorsum is bigger in phonemic palatalization than in allophonic palatalization, while the effect size of the tongue root remains similar across palatalization types. https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/09/03_cavar.pdfpalatalizationultrasound speech researchadvanced tongue root
spellingShingle Małgorzata E. Ćavar
Neha Nagaraj
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Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study
Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft
palatalization
ultrasound speech research
advanced tongue root
title Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study
title_full Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study
title_fullStr Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study
title_full_unstemmed Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study
title_short Palatalization in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian. A pilot 3D Ultrasound Study
title_sort palatalization in ukrainian polish and russian a pilot 3d ultrasound study
topic palatalization
ultrasound speech research
advanced tongue root
url https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/09/03_cavar.pdf
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