Gemination in Tarifit Berber: X-RAY AND ACOUSTIC DATA
Year: 2008
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This investigation reports on gemination in Tarifit, a variety of Berber language spoken in the North Eastern region of Morocco. It presents results of a simultaneous X-ray and acoustic investigation of singleton and geminate voiced and voiceless stops in three different word positions (initial, intervocalic, and final.) The acoustic parameters examined show that geminates are systematically produced with a longer closure duration than their singleton counterparts, regardless of the position of the geminate stops within the word. Consonantal gemination, however, does not affect the duration of adjacent vowels, neither does it affect the duration of VOT (including burst-release for voiced stops). Concerning X-ray data, measurements obtained from sagittal profiles show that contact-extents (maximum value for contact) are longer for geminate consonants than for their singleton counterparts. Interestingly, this holds true even for voiceless stops in word-initial position.
Source: HAL
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2139223149