Reference

Kirby, J., Tan, M. (2023). Analyzing Variability in Closure Voicing and Co-Intrinsic F0 in Central Standard Swedish. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 2244-2248).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kirby2023analyzing,
  title = {Analyzing Variability in Closure Voicing and Co-Intrinsic {{F0}} in {{Central Standard Swedish}}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th {{International Congress}} of {{Phonetic Sciences}}},
  author = {Kirby, James and Tan, Maryann},
  year = {2023},
  pages = {2244--2248},
  address = {Prague},
  abstract = {The voicing contrast of Central Standard Swedish has been argued to be typologically unusual, on the grounds that it contrasts phonetically prevoiced with voiceless aspirated plosives. However, reports vary regarding how often voiced plosives are actually realized with closure voicing. In this study, we measure how often phonologically voiced plosives /b d/ are devoiced, along with F0 trajectories and aspiration durations following release of closure. Results reveal considerable variation in voicing rates: some speakers consistently prevoice /b d/, while others consistently devoice them. Phonologically voiced plosives are frequently realised with short-lag VOT, regardless of whether or not they are also realized with closure voicing. Finally, F0 trajectories following nasals and phonologically voiced plosives are indistinguishable, regardless of whether plosives are prevoiced or devoiced, but differ significantly from those following phonologically voiceless plosives. F0 may thus be a more reliable phonetic indicator of laryngeal status in Swedish than the presence of closure voicing.},
  copyright = {All rights reserved},
  langid = {english},
  file = {/Users/felicitas/Zotero/storage/N5RLJ4XR/kirby2023analyzing.pdf}
}