Open AccessVELAR VOICELESS STOP /K/ IN THE SELEMDZHA ACCENT OF THE EVENKI LANGUAGE
Author(s) -
Olga N. Morozova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
teoretičeskaâ i prikladnaâ lingvistika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2410-7190
DOI - 10.22250/2410-7190_2017_3_3_44_62
Subject(s) - stress (linguistics) , consonant , sound change , coda , linguistics , vowel , acoustics , mathematics , speech recognition , computer science , physics , philosophy
The current paper focuses upon articulatory and acoustic features of the Evenki velar voiceless stop /k/. Its allophones are researched in all word positions (initial, medial, final, and in consonant clusters). Auditory analysis and dynamic spectrography were used to determine and describe acoustic correlates of all allophones characteristic for /k/. These include aspirated, fricative (as a result of spirantization), uvular, palatized, implosive, and affricated ones. Affrication was characteristic for the Evenki /k/ only in word-initial position before front vowels.