Carignan, Christopher;
Chen, Juqiang;
Harvey, Mark;
Stockigt, Clara;
Simpson, Jane;
Strangways, Sydney;
(2023)
An investigation of the dynamics of vowel nasalization in Arabana using machine learning of acoustic features.
Laboratory Phonology
, 14
(1)
pp. 1-31.
10.16995/labphon.9152.
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Abstract
This paper presents exploratory research on temporally dynamic patterns of vowel nasalization from two speakers of Arabana. To derive a dynamic measure of nasality, we use gradient tree boosting algorithms to statistically learn the mapping between acoustics and vowel nasality in a speaker-specific manner. Three primary findings emerge: (1) NVN contexts exhibit nasalization throughout the entirety of the vowel interval, and we propose that a similar co-articulatory realization previously acted to resist diachronic change in this environment; (2) anticipatory vowel nasalization is nearly as extensive as carryover vowel nasalization, which is contrary to previous claims; and (3) the degree of vowel nasalization in word-initial contexts is relatively high, even in the #_C environment, suggesting that the sound change *#Na > #a has involved the loss of the oral constriction associated with N but not the complete loss of the velum gesture.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | An investigation of the dynamics of vowel nasalization in Arabana using machine learning of acoustic features |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.16995/labphon.9152 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.16995/labphon.9152 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Linguistics, Language & Linguistics, NASAL COARTICULATION, BREATHY VOICE, TIME, CONSONANTS, CONTRAST, FORMANT, ENGLISH, STOP |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10166885 |
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