An Experimental Study of the Gemination in Arabic Language

• Autorzy: Ferrat K. , Guerti M.

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DOI

10.1515/aoa-2017-0061

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper, we report the results of an experimental study of the acoustic and articulatory features of the gemination in Modern Arabic language, pronounced by Algerian speakers. To extract the feature characteristics, we have carried out an acoustic analysis by computing the values of frequency formants, energy and durations of the consonants and subsequent vowels in the various [VCV] and [VC_gV] utterances (C_g: geminate consonant). For the articulatory analysis, a range of kinematics parameters were analyzed from the phoneme productions including movement trajectories, distance, velocity, and duration of tongue movements. Among the most important results, we note a longer duration of the vowel following a geminate consonant, a decreasing in levels of F₁ and F₂ formants and a rising in level of F₃ formant of this vowel.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Arabic language; gemination; acoustic analysis; articulatory analysis

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki PAN ; Komitet Akustyki PAN ; Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne
• Czasopismo: Archives of Acoustics
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 42, No. 4
• Strony: 571--578
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Ferrat K.

• Scientific and Technical Research Centre for the Development of the Arabic Language (CRSTDLA), BP 225 Rostomia Algiers, 16011 Algeria

autor

Guerti M.

• National Polytechnic School (ENP), El-Harrach Algiers, 16200 Algeria

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).