Just put your lips together and blow? whistled fricatives of Southern Bantu

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Abstract

Phonemically, whistled fricatives /S Z/ are rare, limited almost enll tirely to Southern Bantu. Reports differ as to whether they are realized with labial protrusion and/or rounding. Phonetically, whistled sibilants are common; they are regarded as a feature of disordered speech in English. According to the clinical literature, unwanted whistled fricatives are triggered by dental prosthesis and/or orthodontics that alter the geometry of the incisors-not by aberrant lip rounding. Based on aeroacoustic models of various types of whistle supplemented with acoustic data from the Southern Bantu language Tshwa (S51), this paper contends that labiality is not necessary for the production of whistled fricatives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of ISSP 2006
Subtitle of host publication7th International Seminar on Speech Production
PublisherCEFALA
Pages565-572
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)8599598023, 9788599598023
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Seminar on Speech Production, ISSP 2006 - Ubatuba, Brazil
Duration: Dec 13 2006Dec 15 2006

Publication series

NameISSP 2006 - Proceedings of the 7th International Seminar on Speech Production

Other

Other7th International Seminar on Speech Production, ISSP 2006
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityUbatuba
Period12/13/0612/15/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Speech and Hearing

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