Obstruent voicing effects on F0, but without voicing: Phonetic correlates of Swiss German lenis, fortis, and aspirated stops

Publication date: November 2018Source: Journal of Phonetics, Volume 71Author(s): D. Robert Ladd, Stephan SchmidAbstractIt is well known that what are commonly called voicing contrasts in many languages are accompanied by effects on the fundamental frequency (F0) of a following vowel: roughly, F0 is higher after 'voiceless' and lower after 'voiced' obstruents. This is true regardless of how the voicing contrast is manifested in differences of voice onset time (VOT). Such effects potentially provide a window on the nature of voicing itself, but our knowledge is based primarily on typical European two-way voicing contrasts. Here we present a detailed study of voice onset time (VOT), closure duration, and obstruent F0 effects in Zurich Swiss German. The native two-way contrast in oral ...

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