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This study investigates the phonetics and phonology of voicing distinctions in the Dutch-German dialect continuum, which forms a transition zone between voicing and aspiration systems. Two phonological approaches to represent this contrast exist in the literature: a [±voice] approach and Laryngeal Realism. The implementation of the change between the two language types in the transition zone will provide new insights in the nature of the phonological representation of the contrast. In this paper I will locate the transition zone by looking at phonetic overlap between VOT values of fortis and lenis plosives, and I will compare the two phonological approaches, showing that both face analytical problems as they cannot explain the variation observed in word-initial plosives and plosive clusters.

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2016-12-14
2024-10-07

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Voicing distinctions in the Dutch-German dialect continuum
Linguistics in the Netherlands 33, 106 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.33.08oud
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Keyword(s): dialectology; Laryngeal Realism; phonetics; phonology; transition zones

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