Turbulent Sounds

An Interdisciplinary Guide

Susanne Fuchs, Martine Toda, Marzena Zygis, Susanne Fuchs, Martine Toda, Marzena Zygis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9783110226577
• eBook ISBN: 9783110226584
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

No sound class requires so much basic knowledge of phonology, acoustics, aerodynamics, and speech production as obstruents (turbulent sounds) do. This book is intended to bridge a gap by introducing the reader to the world of obstruents from a multidisciplinary perspective. It starts with a review of typological processes, continues with various contributions to the phonetics-phonology interface, explains the realization of specific turbulent sounds in endangered languages, and finishes with surveys of obstruents from a sociophonetic, physical and pathological perspective.

Table of contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• An overview of the phonology of obstruents
• Turbulence and phonology
• A phonetic approach to the phonology of v: A case study from Hungarian and Slovak
• The laryngeal characterization of Korean fricatives: Acoustic and aerodynamic data
• Preaspiration as a correlate of word-final voice in Scottish English fricatives
• Phonetic characteristics of ejectives – samples from Caucasian languages
• Tongue body and tongue root shape differences in N|uu clicks correlate with phonotactic patterns
• Do differences in male versus female /s/ reflect biological or sociophonetic factors?
• Producing turbulent speech sounds in the context of cleft palate
• Formant-cavity affiliation in sibilant fricatives
• Backmatter