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Language and Culture:
Linguistic and Sociological Aspects Edited by : Moha Ennaji 2009 / Issue 23 |
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Moha Ennaji
Rdouan Faizi
Zohreh Shooshtari & Shahid Chamran
Fatma Zohra Mebtouche Nedjai
Khadija Sekkal |
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An Acoustic Study of Stress in Amazigh pp. 1-14 Rdouan Faizi Abstract Rdouan Faizi provides a phonetic study of stress in the Goulmima Amazigh variety. The findings indicate that stress in this dialect is manifested by a variety of correlates, namely duration, fundamental frequency, intensity and vowel quality. However, duration has proved to be the most reliable phonetic stress correlate. The acoustic analysis also shows that there is an important interaction between syllable structure and stress assignment. Stress always falls on the rightmost heavy syllable of the word; if no heavy syllable is available, stress lodges by default on the word initial syllable. |
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