A comparison of the acoustics of nonsense and real word stimuli : coronal stops in Bengali

Olga Maxwell; Brett Baker; Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen; Janet Fletcher

A comparison of the acoustics of nonsense and real word stimuli : coronal stops in Bengali

Olga Maxwell, Brett Baker, Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, Janet Fletcher

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![CDATA[Research suggests that nonsense and real words often exhibit differences in their acoustic properties. Despite this, the use of nonsense stimuli is prevalent in acoustic analyses of a range of phenomena and in experimental studies of segmental perception. The present study examined stop duration and preceding vowel formant transitions for two Bengali coronal stops produced in real and nonsense word stimuli. Firstly, significant differences were observed based on the stimulus type. Nonsense word production showed more distinct dental-retroflex differentiation. Secondly, the results revealed that F3 was a more reliable cue to place of articulation than closure duration and voice onset time.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2015), 10-14 August 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Publisher	University of Glasgow
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780852619414
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Duration: 10 Aug 2015 → …

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Conference	International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
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coronals (phonetics)
Bengali language
Bangladesh
speech
phonetics

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A comparison of the acoustics of nonsense and real word stimuli : coronal stops in Bengali. / Maxwell, Olga; Baker, Brett; Bundgaard-Nielsen, Rikke Louise et al.
Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2015), 10-14 August 2015, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. University of Glasgow, 2015.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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A comparison of the acoustics of nonsense and real word stimuli : coronal stops in Bengali

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