Initial and medial geminate trills in Arop-Lokep

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ID2110663
AuthorsMary Raymond (0000-0002-1714-6984, SOAS University of London, corresponding author), Steve Parker (0000-0002-9045-1758, SIL International)
Year2005
Volume35
Issue1
Pages99-111
Publication date2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the International Phonetic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-1003 • E-ISSN: 1475-3502
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002510030500188x
OpenAlexW2021151224
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Arop-Lokep, an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea, has a contrast between a trilled /r/ and a geminate /rr/ in both intervocalic and word-initial positions. This paper presents the results of acoustic and perceptual experiments involving these segments. Specifically, we probe the statistical characteristics of the /r/ vs. /rr/ contrast across prosodic positions from the perspective of both the speaker and the listener. We measure trills in 24 different Arop-Lokep words, so the resulting data are quite robust and give an excellent idea of the variation inherent in the language. A novel finding is that both lengths of trill consist of more apical contacts word-initially than intervocalically. The scope of this work is unprecedented in that no previous instrumental study has examined both initial and medial geminate trills in the same language

Astrophysics · Austronesian languages · Contrast (vision · Linguistics · New guinea · Perspective (graphical · Physics · Scope (computer science · Variation (astronomy · Word (group theory · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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