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The perception of word-initial consonant length: Pattani Malay*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Arthur S. Abramson
Arthur S. Abramson
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Dept. of Linguistics, U-145, University of Connecticut, 341 Mansfield Rd., Rm. 230, Storrs, CT 06268, U.S.A., and Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511-6695, U.S.A.
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In experimental phonetic research, we often come across cases of multiple perceptual cues to a phonemic distinction, even though this distinction may be seen traditionally as dependent on some single phonetic feature. The question arises as to the relative power of these cues. How equally do they share the burden of communicative relevance? For example, among the several cues that emanate from the timing of the valvular action of the larynx (Lisker and Abramson (1965); Abramson (1977)), fundamental-frequency perturbations (House and Fairbanks (1953)) have been shown by some studies, apparently starting with Haggard, Ambler and Callow (1970) and Fujimura (1971), to help in the perceptual differentiation of voiced and voiceless stop consonants; however, recent work (Abramson and Lisker (1985)) suggests that this cue has very limited efficacy compared with other acoustic consequences of voice timing.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , June 1986 , pp. 8 - 16
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1986

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