Oral Consonant Acoustics in Tikúna (Yurí-Tikúna)
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In this paper the results of an experimental investigation on the acoustic parameters employed in the implementation of a subset of the phonological consonants in the Tikúna language are presented. Special emphasis is placed on the discussion and presentation of variations that can be accounted for by reference to main stress placement in the language. It is shown how consonant duration, VOT and slope coefficients for Locus Equations vary as a function of the prosodic status of target syllables.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011