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A   period   of   voiced   gloeal   fric:on,   usually   occurring   with   pre-­‐aspira:on  (Figure  2)  but  some:mes  on  its  own  (Figure  3):  

Figure  2:    breathiness  followed  by  pre-­‐aspira8on.  

Figure  3:  breathiness.  

Breathiness and pre-aspiration in Aberystwyth English

Michaela Hejná

Previous   research   into   pre-­‐aspira:on   usually   treats   breathiness   as   its  necessary   component.   Thus,   pre-­‐aspira:on   and   breathiness   tend   to   be  added  up  in  dura:onal  analyses  [1-­‐9],  or  we  do  not  know  if  breathiness  was  measured  as  part  of  pre-­‐aspira:on  [10-­‐12],  and  they  are  dis:nguished  only  some:mes   [13-­‐15],   in   which   case   differences   in   the   segmental   and   social  condi:oning  are  found.  

Main   quesCon:   should   they   be   treated   as   two   components   of   a   single  phenomenon?  

Hypothesis:  they  should  if  1.  they  are  subject  to  the  same  social  condi:oning  2.  if  they  both  serve  the  same  linguis:c  func:on  (e.g.  enhance  a  contrast)  3.  or  the  same  linguis:c  condi:oning.  

Introduction -­‐   phonological  factors:  vowel  height,  backness,  length    -­‐   phone:c  variables:  F1,  F2  -­‐    phonologically   ambiguous   factors:   place   &   manner   of   ar:cula:on   of   the  post-­‐tonic  plosive;  type  of  the  pre-­‐tonic  consonant  

On   the   whole,   there   are   more   similari:es   than   differences   in   the   plosive  context,  especially  concerning  the  phonological  and  uncertain  variables.  Most  differences  are  found  in  the  frica:ve  and  in  the  unstressed  contexts.  

Occurrence  1.  With   plosives,   the   paeerns   are   the   same   except   for   breathiness   being  

sensi:ve  to  phonological  vowel  backness.  2.  With  frica:ves,  the  paeerns  are  different.  

Dura:on  1.  The   paeerns   condi:oned   by   the   phonological   variables   are   the   same  

except  for  vowel  length,  to  which  only  pre-­‐aspira:on  is  sensi:ve.  2.  Phone:c  height  and  backness  do  not  condi:on  the  two  either  in  the  same  

or  in  the  opposite  way,  so  they  do  not  behave  in  the  same  way  nor  show  trade-­‐offs.  

Speakers

A  period  of   voiceless   (primarily)   gloeal   fric:on   in   sequences  of   a   sonorant  and  a  voiceless  obstruent:  

Figure  1:  pre-­‐aspira8on.  

Pre-­‐aspira:on  can  be  accompanied  with  breathiness.    

Pre-­‐aspira:on  and  breathiness  show  similariCes:  -­‐    their   occurrence   and   dura:on   show   on   the   whole   the   same   paeerns   in  apparent-­‐:me  -­‐   they  both  enhance  the  for:s-­‐lenis  contrast  -­‐   in  the  plosive  stressed  context  (mock,  mocker),  they  mostly  co-­‐occur  

However,  they  also  show  differences:  -­‐   their  occurrence  is  not  sensi:ve  to  gender  in  the  same  way  -­‐   in  the  frica:ve  stressed  context  (moss)  and  in  the  unstressed  context  (frolic),  breathiness  is  obligatory,  but  pre-­‐aspira:on  is  not  

Conclusions:  The  two  should  be  analysed  separately  unless  it  is  demonstrated  that  they  are  consistently  subject  to  the  same  condi:oning.  

Pre-­‐aspira:on   and   breathiness   are   not   dis:nguished   in   phonological   studies  (e.g.  [17-­‐18]),  but  it  has  been  suggested  that  dis:nguishing  the  two  may  shed  light  on  the  affilia:on  debates  [16].  

We  may  gain  more  insight  regarding  the  linguis:c  and  the  social  condi:oning  of  pre-­‐aspira:on  and  breathiness:  merging  the  two  may  lead  to  obscuring  the  paeerns,  as  also  illustrated  by  [13-­‐15].  

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Discussion

Aberystwyth  

-­‐  18  speakers  born  &  raised  in  Aberystwyth                                                                              -­‐  most  with  parents  also  from  mid-­‐Wales  -­‐  L1  Welsh  speakers,  proficient  in  English  -­‐   12  females,  6  males      -­‐   24-­‐90  years  old  

Segmental conditioning

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Defining breathiness

Co-occurrence In   the   plosive   stressed   context   (mock,   mocker),   pre-­‐aspira:on   and  breathiness  co-­‐occur  in  the  vast  majority  of  cases  (Figure  6).  

Figure   6:   occurrence   of   pre-­‐aspira8on   and   breathiness   in   the   plosive   context   in   stressed   syllables   per  speaker.  

In  the  frica:ve  stressed  context  (moss)  and  also  in  the  unstressed  context  (frolic),  breathiness  is  obligatory  but  pre-­‐aspira:on  is  not  (Figure  7):  

Figure   7:   (on   the   leD)   occurrence   of   pre-­‐aspira8on   and   breathiness   in   the   frica8ve   context   in   stressed  syllables  per  speaker;  (on  the  right)  occurrence  of  pre-­‐aspira8on  and  breathiness  in  unstressed  syllables  per  speaker.  

In   the   unstressed   context,   breathiness   is   obligatory   irrespec:ve   of   the  manner   of   ar:cula:on,   although   slightly   less   frequent   in   the   plosive  context   (frica:ves:   99%;   plosives:   85%).   Pre-­‐aspira:on   is   much   more  frequent  in  the  plosive  than  the  frica:ve  context,  but  does  not  reach  values  comparable  to  breathiness  (frica:ves:  12%;  plosives:  67.5%).  

Defining pre-aspiration

Data Stressed  syllables  -­‐  /a/,  /ɛ/,  /ɪ/,  /ɒ/,  /ʊ/,  /ʌ/,  /aː/,  /oː/  combined  with  /p/,  /t/,  /k/   in  word-­‐

finally  and  word-­‐medially  (mock,  mocker)    -­‐  /a/,  /ɛ/,  /ɪ/,  /ɒ/,  /ʌ/  combined  with  /f/,  /θ/,  /s/,  /ʃ/  word-­‐finally  (mash)  -­‐  3  tokens  per  word:  1x  in  isola:on,  2x  in  a  carrier  sentence  Say  ___  once.  

Unstressed  syllables  -­‐  disyllables  with  the  second  unstressed  syllable  -­‐  /p/,   /t/,   /k/,   /f/,   /s/,   /ʃ/   word-­‐final   in   the   2nd,   unstressed   syllable   (e.g.  

frolic,  Philip,  sheriff)  -­‐  6  tokens  per  word  in  a  carrier  sentence  

-­‐  8,400  tokens  for  the  stressed  condi:on,  460  for  the  unstressed  one  

For:s-­‐lenis  pairs  -­‐     998   lenis   tokens   corresponding   to   998   for:s   tokens   differing   only   in   the  

plosive  in  ques:on  

Social conditioning In   apparent-­‐:me,   pre-­‐aspira:on   and   breathiness   occurrence   show   a   very  similar   paeern.   Pre-­‐aspira:on   and   breathiness   dura:ons   show   the   same  paeern,  but  breathiness  is  more  variable  across  the  individual.  

Figure   4:   (on   the   leD)   pre-­‐aspira8on   and   breathiness   occurrence   in   apparent-­‐8me;   (on   the   right)   pre-­‐aspira8on  and  breathiness  dura8on  in  apparent-­‐8me.  

However,   only   pre-­‐aspira:on   occurrence   is   sensi:ve   to   gender:   the   young  the  male  speakers,  the  more  frequent  the  pre-­‐aspira:on:  

Figure 5: pre-aspiration occurrence in apparent-time across gender.

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Fortis-lenis contrast Both   pre-­‐aspira:on   and   breathiness   enhance   the   for:s-­‐lenis   contrast  (based   on   acous:c   evidence).   However,   whilst   pre-­‐aspira:on   is   never  found  in  the  lenis  series,  breathiness  is.    

Figure  8:   (on  the   leD)  occurrence  of  pre-­‐aspira8on  and  the  plosive  series  per  posi8on   in  word  and  sentence;   (on   the   right)  occurrence  of  breathiness  and   the  plosive   series  per  posi8on   in  word  and  sentence.    

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