An experimental study of vowel duration in Iraqi spoken Arabic
This is an experimental study of vowel duration in I.S.A. (Iraqi Spoken Arabic). It investigates some myodynamic (articulatory), aerodynamic, acoustic and perceptual correlates of vowel duration and aims at answering, partly at least, the question whether the factors governing the systematic variations of vowel duration are phonetic-universal or language-specific phenomena. It falls into two main parts: PART ONE comprises three chapters. Chapter One gives a general phonological background of I.S.A. with special reference to the phonemic significance of vowel length and its correlation with stress. Chapter Two reviews some of the literature on vowel duration. The literature review is confined to a critical survey of particular aspects of vowel duration viz; intrinsic duration of vowels, segmental conditioning of vowel duration i.e. the influence of voicing and manner of articulation of the preceding and following consonants and the place of articulation of the following consonants on vowel duration, the influence of stress and gemination on vowel duration and some of the literature on the perception of duration. Chapter Three reviews critically some of the hypotheses for the interpretation of vowel duration
Hassan, Zeki Majeed
Linguistics
An experimental study of vowel duration in Iraqi spoken Arabic. This is an experimental study of vowel duration in I.S.A. (Iraqi Spoken Arabic). It investigates some myodynamic (articulatory), aerodynamic, acoustic and perceptual correlates of vowel duration and aims at answering, partly at least, the question whether the factors governing the systematic variations of vowel duration are phonetic-universal or language-specific phenomena. It falls into two main parts: PART ONE comprises three chapters. Chapter One gives a general phonological background of I.S.A. with special reference to the phonemic significance of vowel length and its correlation with stress. Chapter Two reviews some of the literature on vowel duration. The literature review is confined to a critical survey of particular aspects of vowel duration viz; intrinsic duration of vowels, segmental conditioning of vowel duration i.e. the influence of voicing and manner of articulation of the preceding and following consonants and the place of articulation of the following consonants on vowel duration, the influence of stress and gemination on vowel duration and some of the literature on the perception of duration. Chapter Three reviews critically some of the hypotheses for the interpretation of vowel duration
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