Reference

Kirby, J., Hyslop, G. (2019). Acoustic Analysis of Onset Voicing in Dzongkha Obstruents. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{kirbyAcousticAnalysisOnset2019,
  title = {Acoustic Analysis of Onset Voicing in {{Dzongkha}} Obstruents},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the {{Nineteenth International Congress}} of {{Phonetic Sciences}}},
  author = {Kirby, James and Hyslop, Gwendolyn},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {3607-3611},
  address = {Melbourne},
  abstract = {We present an acoustic analysis of cues to onset  voicing in Dzongkha, the national language of  Bhutan. Dzongkha is typically described as having a  four-way laryngeal contrast between aspirated,  unaspirated, prevoiced and devoiced obstruents.  Previous descriptions suggest that this system may be  changing, with the devoiced series either merging  with the voiced series, or losing closure voicing but  retaining contrastive pitch and/or voice quality. Based  on data from 12 speakers, we find voiced and  devoiced plosives are realised both with and without  voicing lead. Tokens realized as phonetically voiced  can be redundantly breathy; however, a low register  tone always occurs on syllables headed by both  voiced and devoiced obstruents, regardless of  presence or absence of voicing lead. We discuss the  implications of these findings for models of  tonogenesis and historical sound change in the  Tibeto-Burman context.}
}