Does gemination resist linguistic attrition? ...
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Title :
Does gemination resist linguistic attrition? A study on Italian migrant speech in Melbourne Australia
Author(s) :
Iacovo, Valentina De [Auteur]
Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin [UNITO]
Laboratorio di Fonetica Sperimentale "Arturo Genre" [LFSAG]
Mairano, Paolo [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Hajek, John [Auteur]
University of Melbourne
Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin [UNITO]
Laboratorio di Fonetica Sperimentale "Arturo Genre" [LFSAG]
Mairano, Paolo [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Hajek, John [Auteur]
University of Melbourne
Conference title :
20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences ( ICPhS 2023 )
Publication date :
2023
ISBN :
978-80-908 114-2-3
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
English abstract : [en]
In this study, we explore the possible effect of linguistic attrition on consonant gemination among speakers of Italian living in Australia. We analyse a corpus of spontaneous speech for a group of native Italian speakers ...
Show more >In this study, we explore the possible effect of linguistic attrition on consonant gemination among speakers of Italian living in Australia. We analyse a corpus of spontaneous speech for a group of native Italian speakers who emigrated to Melbourne in Australia between the 1950s and 1970s. Given gemination is a fully lexicalised and stable phenomenon in Italian but not in English, we investigate whether, after many years of living in Australia, the phonological contrast between singleton and geminate consonants in Italian is preserved, or undergoes phonetic shift due to long-term contact with English. An analysis of acoustic durations reveals that all participants produced a significant difference in singleton and geminate consonant length, albeit with variable lengthening ratios. A post-hoc qualitative analysis seems to point to shorter geminate durations for speakers who have lived longer in Australia, but this will need to be supported by further research.Show less >
Show more >In this study, we explore the possible effect of linguistic attrition on consonant gemination among speakers of Italian living in Australia. We analyse a corpus of spontaneous speech for a group of native Italian speakers who emigrated to Melbourne in Australia between the 1950s and 1970s. Given gemination is a fully lexicalised and stable phenomenon in Italian but not in English, we investigate whether, after many years of living in Australia, the phonological contrast between singleton and geminate consonants in Italian is preserved, or undergoes phonetic shift due to long-term contact with English. An analysis of acoustic durations reveals that all participants produced a significant difference in singleton and geminate consonant length, albeit with variable lengthening ratios. A post-hoc qualitative analysis seems to point to shorter geminate durations for speakers who have lived longer in Australia, but this will need to be supported by further research.Show less >
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