Consonantal and vocalic gestures in the articulation of italian glide /j/ and /w/ at different syllable positions

From a phonological point of view, four glides (or approximants) exist in Italian: /j/, /w/,
[i?] and [u?]. Glides still raise a lot of questions, from the definition of the necessary and
sufficient features for their identification (Chitoran, Nevins, 2008), to their characterization
at the acoustic and articulatory levels of speech production (Gick, 2003). In this
paper, in order to describe the articulatory features of Italian glides, we analyzed the kinematics
of both consonantal and vocalic gestures involved in the production of /j/ and
/w/, by using 3D electromagnetic articulography (EMA; Carstens Medizinelektronik
GmbH). The results show similar articulatory features for both glides in the way they
differentiate themselves from corresponding vowels [i] and [u].

Publication type: 
Contributo in volume
Author or Creator: 
Ciaurelli L.
Namasivayam A.
Tisato G.
van Lieshout P.
Zmarich C.
Publisher: 
AISV, Milano, ITA
Source: 
di La fonetica nell'apprendimento delle lingue/ Phonetics and Language Learning, edited by Savy, R., Alfano I., pp. 325–339. Milano: AISV, 2016
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Ciaurelli L., Namasivayam A., Tisato G., van Lieshout P., Zmarich C./titolo:Consonantal and vocalic gestures in the articulation of italian glide /j/ and /w/ at different syllable positions/titolo_volume:di La fonetica nell'app
Date: 
2016
Resource Identifier: 
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/416986
https://dx.doi.org/10.17469/O2102AISV000020
info:doi:10.17469/O2102AISV000020
urn:isbn:978-88-97657-16-3
Language: 
Eng
ISTC Author: 
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