A parametric approach to the phonetics of postvocalic /r/ in Dutch.
This paper describes the phonetic exponents of rhoticity in postvocalic position in the speech of 4 young adult speakers of Standard Dutch. In addition to describing aspects of the segmental realisation of /r/, the paper focusses on parametric differences between rhymes with and without postvocalic /r/ in the material under consideration, presenting both impressionistic observations and instrumental measurements. Results of the investigation suggest that parametric analysis is a crucial complement to segmental classification, in providing insights into the relation between segmental realisations and 'contextual effects' of /r/, the phonetics of /r/ deletion and similarities and differences between rhotics cross-linguistically.
Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, UK. lp135@york.ac.uk
Leendert
L
Plug
Richard
R
Ogden
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests