Janet Fletcher

The AutosegmentalMetrical Theory of Intonational Phonology

Amalia Arvaniti, Janet Fletcher

Book Chapter  |  2021

CHAPTER 6 THE AUTOSEGMENTALMETRICAL THEORY OF INTONATIONAL PHONOLOGY AMALIA ARVANITI AND JANET FLETCHER 6.1 INTRODUCTION THE aut..

Nafsan

R Billington, N Thieberger, J Fletcher

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Nafsan (ISO 639-3: erk, Glottocode: sout2856), also known as South Efate, is a Southern Oceanic language of Vanuatu. It is spoken ..

Australia and New Guinea

Brett Baker, Mark Donohue, Janet Fletcher

Book Chapter  |  2021

This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, with chapters written by leading ..

Japanese Perceptual Epenthesis is Modulated by Transitional Probability

Alexander Kilpatrick, Shigeto Kawahara, Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen, Brett Baker, Janet Fletcher

Journal article  |  2021  |  Language and Speech

Perceptual epenthesis is the perception of illusory vowels in consonantal sequences that violate native phonotactics. The consensu..

Nasal coarticulation in Bininj Kunwok: An aerodynamic analysis

Hywel M Stoakes, Janet M Fletcher, Andrew R Butcher

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the International Phonetic Association

Bininj Kunwok (BKw), a language spoken in Northern Australia, restricts the degree of anticipatory nasalization, as suggested by p..

Fundamental Frequency and Regional Variation in Lifou French

Catalina Torres, Janet Fletcher, Gillian Wigglesworth

Journal article  |  2020  |  LANGUAGE AND SPEECH

This study presents two experiments aimed at investigating tune-to-text alignment and pitch scaling in Lifou French, a variety spo..

Non-durational acoustic correlates of word-initial consonant gemination in Kelantan Malay: The potential roles of amplitude and f0

Mohd Hilmi Hamzah, John Hajek, Janet Fletcher

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the International Phonetic Association

This study reports on non-durational acoustic correlates of typologically rare word-initial consonant gemination in Kelantan Malay..

The alignment of F0 tonal targets under changes in speech rate in Drehu

Catalina Torres, Janet Fletcher

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

This study investigates fundamental frequency alignment to segmental landmarks in Drehu, an Oceanic language. The authors present ..

Acoustic evidence for right-edge prominence in Nafsan

Rosemary Billington, Janet Fletcher, Nick Thieberger, Ben Volchok

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Oceanic languages are often described as preferring primary stress on penultimate syllables, but detailed surveys show that many d..

Phonetic evidence for phonotactic change in Nafsan (South Efate)

Rosemary Billington, Nick Thieberger, Janet Fletcher

Journal article  |  2020  |  Italian Journal of Linguistics

Nafsan, an Oceanic language of central Vanuatu, is notable for the complex phonotactic structures it exhibits compared to language..