Voice onset time of Jordanian Arabic stops

Abstract

This paper reports on findings of an acoustic measure of voice onset time (VOT) in Jordanian Arabic stops in syllable initial position. Results point out that VOT values corrolate to voice contrast. Also, a difference between VOT values is found due to the length contrast of the following vowel. In addition, our results seem to depart from the literature with regard to the effect of place of articulation on VOT values. The findings of this piece of research are discussed with respect to the importance of acoustic codes to the proper treatment of some low-level phonetic parameters. [This research was supported by Yarmouk University.]