Acoustic-Perceptual Factors Both Maintain and Account for the Rarity of the Czech Trill-Fricative

Czech has a sibilant inventory that contrasts at three places of articulation: Alveolar, a pre-post-alveolar, and palato-alveolar. The specific aim of this study is to examine the perception of the typologically rare Czech sibilant inventory and to determine whether acoustic-perceptual characteristi...

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Main Authors: Phil J. Howson, Philip J. Monahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Communication
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.807995/full