Quantitative Acoustic versus Deep Learning Metrics of Lenition
Spanish voiced stops /b, d, ɡ/ surfaced as fricatives [β, ð, ɣ] in intervocalic position due to a phonological process known as spirantization or, more broadly, lenition. However, conditioned by various factors such as stress, place of articulation, flanking vowel quality, and speaking rate, phoneti...
Main Authors: | Ratree Wayland, Kevin Tang, Fenqi Wang, Sophia Vellozzi, Rahul Sengupta |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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Series: | Languages |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/2/98 |
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