Voiced and Voiceless Alveolar Stops of Kermani Accent in stressed and unstressed syllables

Anis Masoumi,Vahideh Abolhasanizadeh

doi:10.24297/jal.v5i2.2820

Abstract

This study aims to compare the voiced and voiceless alveolar stops of Kermani accent in stressed and unstressed syllables. Ten subjects with Kermani accent were asked to repeat 2 words and their plurals for three times. These words are minimal pairs and are different in the first phoneme. Also the effect of these phonemes on the F1, F2 and F0 of the following vowel is measured and compared in stressed and unstressed syllables. Results show that the mean VOT of [t] and [d] in stressed position is more than that in unstressed positions. Unlike F2, F0 and F1 of vowels following [t] and [d] in stressed syllables is more than that in unstressed syllables. Also F0 and F2 of vowels following [+voiced] alveolar stops are more than those following [-voiced] alveolar stops.

Highlights

Kermani accent is a variety of Persian language spoken in Kerman
The process of centripetal vowel reduction occurs in Kermani accent and in the conclusion section, the vowel reduction process has been discussed
The subjects‟ production was recorded by Shure microphone and the borders of the mentioned stop consonants and the following vowels were defined and labeled with the Praat phonetic analysis software (Ver. 5.3.06)

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Introduction

Kermani accent is a variety of Persian language spoken in Kerman. Mentioned accent and the Standard Persian accent are different in terms of phonological and lexical aspects. In this study the VOT of the voiced and voiceless alveolar stops of Kermani accent in stressed and unstressed syllables are compared. The effect of these consonants on the F1, F0 and F2 of the following vowels has been studied. The process of centripetal vowel reduction occurs in Kermani accent and, the vowel reduction process has been discussed The process of centripetal vowel reduction occurs in Kermani accent and in the conclusion section, the vowel reduction process has been discussed

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