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- Title
An Acoustic Study of VOT in Pahari Stops.
- Authors
Khan, Abdul Qadir; Bukhari, Nadeem Haider
- Abstract
This study examines voice onset time (VOT) for stops in Pahari. Ten Pahari native speakers participated in the study. The participants were asked to pronounce twelve Pahari stops thrice in VCV context. It is found: 1) voiceless stops have short VOT, voiceless aspirated have long VOT, while voiced stops are pronounced with prevoicing; 2) VOT of dental and alveolar is less than those of bilabial and velar stops; this supports Hardcastle's (1973) claim that faster the movement of the articulator, the shorter the VOT, as both dental and alveolar are articulated with the tip of the tongue. The study suggests following hierarchy in Pahari: velars> bilabial > alveolar > dental.
- Subjects
PHONETICS; PAHARI (Nepalese people); ASPIRATION (Phonetics); ARTICULATION (Speech); SPEECH
- Publication
Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
1028-6640
- Publication type
Article