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Three quarters of a century of phonetic research on common Danish stød

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2022

Nina Grønnum
Nina Grønnum*
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Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, Emil Holms Kanal 2, 2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark
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Abstract

Despite many attempts, we do not yet know how to answer the question exhaustively and adequately: What is common Danish stød phonetically? Specifically, is there an underlying physiological constancy behind the considerable acoustic variability? And is there a common denominator to the different acoustic manifestations that might explain their perceptual equivalence? Systematic acoustic, physiological, and perceptual investigations of common Danish stød now span (a little more than) three quarters of a century. This is a review of that research, to determine what may be considered established phonetic facts about common Danish stød and the open questions that remain for future research.

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acoustic analysisDanishlaryngeal articulationperceptual analysisphysiological analysisstødvocal folds
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 46 , Special Issue 3: Call for Papers: NJL Special Issue , December 2023 , pp. 299 - 330
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nordic Association of Linguists

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