Linking Variation in Perception and Production in Sound Change: Evidence from Dutch Obstruent Devoicing

• Published in: Language and speech Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 660 - 685
• Main Authors: Pinget, Anne-France, Kager, René, Van de Velde, Hans
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2020; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Dutch language; Female; Fricatives; Humans; Language; Male; Netherlands; Obstruents; Perceptions; Phonation; Phonetics; Regions; Sound change; Speech Acoustics; Speech Perception; Speech Production Measurement; Stops; Voicing; Young Adult; Netherlands; Speech production; sound change; obstruents; speech perception; devoicing processes

This study investigates the link between the perception and production in sound change in progress, both at the regional and the individual level. Two devoicing processes showing regional variation in Dutch are studied: the devoicing of initial labiodental fricatives and of initial bilabial stops. F...