Open AccessSupralaryngeal mechanisms of the voicing contrast in velars
Author(s) -
Jana Brunner
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
zas papers in linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1435-9588
DOI - 10.21248/zaspil.39.2005.252
Subject(s) - voice , contrast (vision) , german , linguistics , psychology , speech recognition , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
This study investigates supralaryngeal mechanisms of the two way voicing contrast among German velar stops and the three way contrast among Korean velar stops, both in intervocalic position. Articulatory data won via electromagnetic articulography of three Korean speakers and acoustic recordings of three Korean and three German speakers are analysed. It was found that in both languages the voicing contrast is created by more than one mechanism. However, one can say that for Korean velar stops in intervocalic position stop closure duration is the most important parameter. For German it is closure voicing. The results support the phonological description proposed by Kohler (1984).