Malayalam prominence and vowel duration : listener acceptability
| dc.contributor.advisor | Myers, Scott P. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Smiljanic, Rajka | en |
| dc.creator | Terzenbach, Lauren M. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-27T18:38:56Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T22:24:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-02-27T18:38:56Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T22:24:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | December 2011 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2012-02-27T18:39:02Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In Malayalam, a Dravidian languages spoken in India, there is a contrast in vowel length, as in [ka[retroflex lateral approximant]i] 'game' and [ka:[retroflex lateral approximant]i] 'goddess of death'. This vowel length contrast is the basis for any theory of stress placement in Malayalam. A listener acceptability study was performed to determine how acceptable vowel duration variation was to native speakers. It was found that listeners prefer a long vowel to have a longer duration than a short vowel. It was also found that listeners only accepted short vowel reduction and/or deletion when it was next to a vowel of contrasting length. Implications of these findings are discussed. A listener acceptability study was performed to determine how acceptable vowel duration variation was to native speakers. It was found that listeners prefer a long vowel to have a longer duration than a short vowel. It was also found that listeners only accepted short vowel reduction and/or deletion when it was next to a vowel of contrasting length. Implications of these findings are discussed. | en |
| dc.description.department | Linguistics | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.slug | 2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4611 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4611 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Malayalam | en |
| dc.subject | Vowel duration | en |
| dc.subject | Stress | en |
| dc.title | Malayalam prominence and vowel duration : listener acceptability | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Listener acceptability | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |