Pre-consonantal /s/-retraction
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In pre-consonantal position historical /s/ has changed to post-alveolar /ʃ/ in several different languages. This paper explores whether such cases of /s/>/ʃ/ might share a common phonetic origin. We test whether /s/ is more retracted before /t/ in production and in perception. Production data show that word-medial /s/ has a lower first spectral moment (henceforth, M1) before /t/ than before vowels. Perception results show a bias towards retraction in pre-consonantal position.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015