Acoustic correlates of breathy and clear vowels: The case of Khmer

R Wayland, A Jongman - Journal of Phonetics, 2003 - Elsevier
This study investigates acoustic correlates of the putative breathy and clear phonation type
contrast in a dialect of Khmer (Cambodian) spoken in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. The …

29 Register in languages of Mainland Southeast Asia: the state of the art

M Brunelle, TT Tấn - The languages and linguistics of Mainland …, 2021 - degruyter.com
This chapter is an overview of what is known about Southeast Asian register, a type of
phonological contrast common in Austroasiatic languages and attested in several …

The cross‐linguistic patterns of phonation types

CM Esposito, SD Khan - Language and Linguistics Compass, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We provide an update on the state of research on phonation (the production of sound by the
vocal folds) since Gordon and Ladefoged's, Journal of Phonetics, 2001 29, 383–406 …

Onset pitch perturbations and the cross-linguistic implementation of voicing: Evidence from tonal and non-tonal languages

JP Kirby - Journal of Phonetics, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the relationship between Voice Onset Time (VOT) and onset f0
perturbations in three languages with a three-way laryngeal contrast between prevoiced …

Transphonologization of voicing in Chru: Studies in production and perception

M Brunelle, TT Tan, J Kirby, ĐL Giang - Laboratory Phonology, 2020 - research.ed.ac.uk
Chru, a Chamic language of south-central Vietnam, has been described as combining
contrastive obstruent voicing with incipient registral properties (Fuller, 1977). A production …

Incipient tonogenesis in Phnom Penh Khmer: Acoustic and perceptual studies

JP Kirby - Journal of Phonetics, 2014 - Elsevier
Unlike many languages of Southeast Asia, Khmer (Cambodian) is not a tone language.
However, in the colloquial speech of the capital Phnom Penh,/r/is lost in onsets, reportedly …

Voicing and register in Ngãi Giao Chrau: Production and perception studies

TT Tạ, M Brunelle, TQ Nguyễn - Journal of Phonetics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Chrau, a South Bahnaric language of the Austroasiatic family spoken in South
Vietnam, has been described as having a voicing contrast in onset stops. However, a …

Northern Raglai voicing and its relation to Southern Raglai register: evidence for early stages of registrogenesis

M Brunelle, J Brown, P Thị Thu Hà - Phonetica, 2022 - degruyter.com
Abstract Northern and Southern Raglai are two closely related Austronesian dialects
(Chamic branch) spoken in south-central Vietnam. Although they are mutually intelligible …

Examining the relationship between vowel quality and voice quality

CM Esposito, M Sleeper, K Schäfer - Journal of the International …, 2021 - cambridge.org
The majority of studies on phonation types have focused on low vowels due to the minimal
effects of their first formant on harmonic amplitude. In studies of multiple vowel qualities …

[BOOK][B] Register in Eastern Cham: Phonological, phonetic and sociolinguistic approaches

M Brunelle - 2005 - search.proquest.com
The Chamic language family is often cited as a test case for contact linguistics. Although
Chamic languages are Austronesian, they are claimed to have converged with Mon-Khmer …