Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The phonetic structure of the Serbian language is made up of 30 phonemes, four accents and two emphases. Physical realisation of phonemes is represented by articulated sounds as a result of actions of articulatory organs. In its physical realisation, each phoneme has a specific variation field in which it maintains its perceptive characteristics. The variation field can be divided into two areas: the area of allowed variations in which the articulated sound is found within the range of typical productions, in accordance with the norms of the Serbian language and the area in which the articulated sound deviates from typical realisation. The acoustic-articulatory development of sounds is a complex functional interdependence of perception and production. Within this complex anatomical-functional system, during speech acquisition, the boundaries of the variation field of articulated sounds are being formed, based on influence of linguistic and paralinguistic factors. Due to the complexity of this process, there are numerous factors causing distortion of sound articulation. Among some are the complexity of articulation and level of perceptibility or control of the articulatory organ as well as the distance between the acoustic characteristics in the field of perception, being one of the predominant factors in deviation of sounds from typical realisation in the mother tongue. The aim of this paper is to analyse the stability of articulatory-acoustic characteristics within the group of fricatives based on quality of their productions. In other words, the aim of the paper is the estimation of the deviation marked as distortion, compared to typical realisations in the Serbian language.
Language: Croatian
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2467114371