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FRAGL 10: Reduction and deletion of glottal stops and geminates at pword-boundaries in German compounds – Effects of word frequency and accentuation

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Bergmann, Pia

 

Abstract

The paper presents evidence for the influence of word frequency and prosodic structure on the edge marking strength in German binary compounds. Recent studies from a usage-based background have shown that high word frequency enhances articulatory reductions. Accordingly, high frequency compounds are expected to have a less strongly marked internal prosodic boundary. The edge marking phenomena under investigation are glottal stop deletion or reduction, and the deletion or reduction of geminates across the boundary of two adjacent prosodic words. A production study was carried out, and the data were analyzed acoustically. The results indicate that high word frequency leads to significantly more deletions and stronger reductions across the boundary of the phonological word. Gradient reductions are observed as well as categorical deletions.

Erschienen in:

Bergmann, Pia (2014): Reduction and deletion of glottal
stops and geminates at pword-boundaries in German - Effects
of word frequency and accentuation. In: Caro Reina, J.,
Szczepaniak, R. (eds.): Syllable and Word Languages.
(linguae et litterae series) Berlin: de Gruyter, 251-278.

 

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