Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants

Spectrographic data were examined in order to find an acoustic correlate for the classification of "emphatic" in traditional Arabic phonology. It was found that an emphatic consonant affects the steady state and transition of a preceding or following consonant. The upper pharyngeal / lower...

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Main Author: Boxberger, Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 1981-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/559
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description Spectrographic data were examined in order to find an acoustic correlate for the classification of "emphatic" in traditional Arabic phonology. It was found that an emphatic consonant affects the steady state and transition of a preceding or following consonant. The upper pharyngeal / lower pharyngeal pairs were found to resemble nonemphatic / emphatic pairs.
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spelling doaj.art-68b3165238174b55933f4e63d079b6192022-12-22T04:00:00ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001981-01-01614616510.17161/KWPL.1808.559Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized ConsonantsBoxberger, LindaSpectrographic data were examined in order to find an acoustic correlate for the classification of "emphatic" in traditional Arabic phonology. It was found that an emphatic consonant affects the steady state and transition of a preceding or following consonant. The upper pharyngeal / lower pharyngeal pairs were found to resemble nonemphatic / emphatic pairs.http://hdl.handle.net/1808/559Arabic language -- phoneticsAcoustic phoneticsArabic language-- Consonants
spellingShingle Boxberger, Linda
Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Arabic language -- phonetics
Acoustic phonetics
Arabic language-- Consonants
title Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants
title_full Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants
title_fullStr Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants
title_full_unstemmed Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants
title_short Acoustic Characteristics of Arabic Pharyngeal and Pharyngealized Consonants
title_sort acoustic characteristics of arabic pharyngeal and pharyngealized consonants
topic Arabic language -- phonetics
Acoustic phonetics
Arabic language-- Consonants
url http://hdl.handle.net/1808/559
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