Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Publication status: | Published |
Author: | Zimmerer, Frank; Scharinger, Mathias; Reetz, Henning |
Year of publication: | 2011 |
Published in: | Speech Communication ; 53 (2011), 6. - pp. 941-954. - Elsevier. - ISSN 0167-6393. - eISSN 1872-7182 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2011.03.006 |
Summary: |
The deletion and reduction of alveolar /t/ is a phenomenon that has been given considerable attention in the research on speech production and perception. Data have mainly be drawn from spoken language corpora, where a tight control over contributing factors of /t/-deletion is hardly possible. Here, we present a new way of creating a spoken language corpus adhering to some crucial factors we wanted to hold constant for the investigation of word-final /t/-deletion in German. German is especially interesting with regard to /t/-deletion due to its rich suffixal morphology, attributing morphological status to word-final /t/ in many paradigms. We focused on verb inflection and employed a verb form production task for creating a concise corpus of naturally spoken language in which we could control for factors previously established to affect /t/-deletion. We then determined the best estimators for /t/-productions (i.e. canonical, deleted, or reduced) in our corpus. The influence of extra-linguistic factors was comparable to previous studies. We suggest that our method of constructing a natural language corpus with carefully selected characteristics is a viable way for the examination of deletions and reductions during speech production. Furthermore, we found that the best predictor for non-canonical productions and deletions was the following phonological context.
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Subject (DDC): | 400 Philology, Linguistics |
Keywords: | Segment deletion; Segment reduction; Natural speech; Production; Phonology |
Refereed: | Yes |
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ZIMMERER, Frank, Mathias SCHARINGER, Henning REETZ, 2011. When BEAT becomes HOUSE : Factors of word final /t/-deletion in German. In: Speech Communication. Elsevier. 53(6), pp. 941-954. ISSN 0167-6393. eISSN 1872-7182. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.specom.2011.03.006
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