Glides and Vowels in Romanian

Glides, Vowels, and Features

Generative phonologists usually take high vowels like [i,u] and glides like [j,w] to be identical (respectively) in terms of distinctive features. The main argument for this assumption comes from theoretical economy: since syllable theory independently provides us with a means of distinguishing between vowels and glides – as syllable nuclei and margins respectively – there is no need for a feat...

Comparative Analysis of Vowels, Diphthongs and Glides of Sindhi

Sindhi language is primarily spoken in the Sindh province of Pakistan, and in some parts of India. Languages phonemic inventory include vowels, consonants and diphthongs. This paper presents acoustic analysis and properties of the glide consonants of Sindhi. Glides are considered having stable and predictable formant structure and associated acoustic properties like vowels and diphthongs. Under...

Vowels of Romanian: Historical, Phonological and Phonetic Studies

Visual Perception of Glides Versus Vowels: The Effect of Dynamic Expectancy

Does the visual perception of glides require a d y n a m i c representation? In our previous experiments on the visual perception of rounding, we argued against the mandatory status of dynamic representations for visual vowels. In this paper, we focus on a specifically temporal contrast between the French vowel [y] and the corresponding [ÿ] glide. Results are twofold. First: for subjects who us...

Discrimination of frequency glides with superimposed random glides in level.

These experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that glides in frequency are detected and discriminated by monitoring changes in excitation level on the low-frequency side of the excitation pattern. Thresholds were measured for detecting an increase in the extent of a frequency glide, for various standard extents (transition spans). The center frequency of each stimulus was roved, to pre...