It has long been understood that speakers produce and listeners perceive non-random,
systematic phonetic variants that serve as the raw material for sound change. This …

This paper deals with segment duration and phonological length in production and
perception in the Australian language Djambarrpuyŋu. It provides an acoustic phonetic …

Standard German distinguishes voiced (short-lag) and voiceless (long-lag) stops in domain-
initial and-medial position with VOT being the most important cue. This phonemic distinction …

This study investigated a sound change in progress by which the Central Bavarian dialect
feature of complementary length between consonant and the preceding vowel is giving way …

Albanian comprises two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk, as well as a Tosk-based standard
variety. The study was concerned with the extent to which the vocalic system of Southern …

The spoken accent of children is strongly influenced by those of their peers but how rapidly
do they adapt to sound changes in progress? We addressed this issue in an acoustic …

This study presents a micro-typological description of German dialects, focusing on the
structure of 13,492 tokens of monosyllables, across 182 locations within Germany. Based on …

The diglossic situation in German-speaking Switzerland entails that both an Alemannic
dialect and a Swiss standard variety of German are spoken. One phonological property of …

This study examines the effects of underlying voicing in word initial and medial stops on f0 at
the onset of the following stressed and unstressed vowel (CF0), respectively, in Standard …

The present study investigates the informativity of anticipatory coarticulatory acoustic detail
about inflectional suffixes in English verbs, performing two experiments in which listeners …