Asymetrie u českých alveolárních okluziv: elektropalatografická studie
Asymmetry in the Czech Alveolar Stops: An EPG Study

Summary/Abstract: Previous informal observations suggested a more anterior place of articulation in [t] than in [d] or [n] in Czech, a rather rare phenomenon from the crosslinguistic perspective. The objective of this study is to verify the existence of this asymmetry objectively using electropalatography, and also to compare linguopalatal contact across vocalic contexts. The results show that, although speakers manifest slightly differing tendencies, [t] is indeed produced with a more anterior articulation than [d] in six out of the seven speakers analyzed. Moreover, [t] appears to be more resistant to coarticulation, which is in agreement with studies suggesting greater coarticulation resistance in voiceless and laminal sounds than in voiced and apical sounds like [d].

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