The Effect of Context on Voice Onset Time

Authors

  • Ziyad Rakan Kasim

Abstract

Voice onset time (VOT) is reduced when English /p,t,k/ are preceded by
initial /s/ before a vowel, which results in a loss of the aspiration of /p,t,k/.
The present paper attempts to test this phenomenon in Mosuli Arabic. The
three voiceless stops /p,t,k/ are examined in two contexts: initially and when
preceded by /s/. Words containing these stops were recorded and analyzed
spectrographically and the VOT was measured for each stop initially and
when preceded by /s/. The results of the study show that the VOT values of
the voiceless stops do not show the difference noted in English; the context
did not have a statistically significant effect on the VOT values.

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2023-01-24

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Ziyad Rakan Kasim. (2023). The Effect of Context on Voice Onset Time. PROSPECTIVE RESEARCHES, (24), 21–33. Retrieved from https://pr.hu.edu.iq/index.php/pr/article/view/157

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No. 24 (2008): PROSPECTIVE RESEARCHES JOURNAL

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