Abstract / Description of output
Velum movement signals generated from real-time magnetic resonance imaging videos of thirty-five German speakers were used to investigate the physiological conditions that might promote sound change involving the development of contrastive vowel nasality. The results suggest that, in comparison to when a nasal consonant precedes a voiced obstruent, the velum gesture associated with a nasal consonant preceding a voiceless obstruent undergoes gestural rescaling and temporal rephasing. This further suggests that the diachronic development of contrastive vowel nasality comprises two stages: the first stage involves gestural shortening and realignment, while the second stage involves a trading relationship between source and effect.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 333-364 |
Journal | Language |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2021 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- real-time MRI
- vowel nasalization
- sound change
- actuation
- speech gestures
- German