The effects of stress/accent on VOT depend on language (English, Spanish), consonant (/d/, /t/) and linguistic experience (monolinguals, bilinguals)

Miquel Simonet; Joseph V. Casillas; Yamile Díaz

doi:10.21437/speechprosody.2014-28

The effects of stress/accent on VOT depend on language (English, Spanish), consonant (/d/, /t/) and linguistic experience (monolinguals, bilinguals)

Miquel Simonet, Joseph V. Casillas, Yamile Díaz

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Abstract

This study examines Voice Onset Times of coronal stops in utterance-initial position in two languages. Crucially, the effects of lexical stress (stressed, unstressed syllable) on VOT are analyzed. The study investigates aspirated stops (English /t/), short-lag voiceless stops (English /d/, Spanish /t/) and prevoiced stops (Spanish /d/). Three groups of speakers provide data: English monolinguals, Spanish monolinguals, and proficient Spanish-English bilinguals. The study finds that lexical stress lengthens aspiration (English /t/) and prevoicing (Spanish /d/) but it does not alter significantly short-lag stops (Spanish /t/, English /d/). Monolinguals and bilinguals differ slightly in their phonetic behavior. Implications for gestural coordination as well as for feature theory are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	202-206
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21437/speechprosody.2014-28
State	Published - 2014
Event	7th International Conference on Speech Prosody, SP 2014 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: May 20 2014 → May 23 2014

Keywords

Bilingualism
English
Spanish
Stress
VOT

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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