Emphatic segments and emphasis spread in Lebanese Arabic : a real-time magnetic resonance imaging study

Assaf Israel, Michael Proctor, Louis Goldstein, Khalil Iskarous, Skrikanth Narayanan

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[Production of emphatic consonants by a speaker of Lebanese Arabic was examined using real-time magnetic resonance imaging (rtMRI). Emphatic consonants were found to be articulated with a lowered, more retracted tongue body than their non-emphatic counterparts, with the narrowest emphatic constriction observed in the upper pharynx. Both progressive and regressive emphasis spread was observed; spreading was not blocked by an intervening palatal approximant [j]. Emphaticized segments exhibit similar retraction and depression, with magnitudes that vary depending on the direction of spreading. These data suggest that emphasis spread may operate in a phonetically complex way, not currently accounted for by phonological theory, and in addition, illustrate the advantage of real-time MRI as a method for studying emphasis in Semitic phonology.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInterspeech 2012: Spoken Language Processing and Biomedicine: 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association : September 9-13, 2012, Portland, Oregon
    PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
    Number of pages4
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    EventInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference -
    Duration: 9 Sept 2012 → …

    Publication series

    Name
    ISSN (Print)1990-9772

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Speech Communication Association. Conference
    Period9/09/12 → …

    Keywords

    • consonants
    • Arabic language
    • emphasis (linguistics)
    • magnetic resonance imaging

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