Original scientific paper

THE REALIZATION OF PALATO-VELARS IN POLISU

Magdalena Osovvicka-Kondrato\vicz ; Warmihsko-Mazurski University of 01sztyn, Poland
Agnieszka Serovvik ; Warmihsko-Mazurski University of 01sztyn, Poland

Abstract

The paper shovvs the results of the research of the production of Polish consonants k, g in grapheme clusters kiV, giV (f.eg. kiermasz. nokie, magia. region, bok ja, smak jablek) and in front of a soft consonant (f eg. ksiažki, kwitow, lokcie, kminek. bok mi, broszek ci, gwinty, glina, gniecie). The aim of the research is to determine the degree of palatalization as well as contexts in which it occurs. Sentences were read by 90 speakers of the variety of Standard Polish
as spoken in the Warsaw area. The recordings were made in a radio-station studio. Auditive-segmental analysis (using Wave Studio 4.6) and electro-acoustic analysis (using ESPS/xwaves i Multi Speech) were performed. Conclusions are as follows.
1. There are different degrees of softness in the production of k, g in different contexts (palatal and palatalized, palato-velar) in Polish.
2. Contextual palatalizations tend to weaken. Assimilation is no longer necessary. There is an increasing number of hard articulations (especially palato-velar) in comparison witli palatal ones in the speech of the young generation.
3. In grapheme clusters kiV, giV within a morpheme there is a high degree of decomposition of the palatal manner of articulation, even in front of [e], where the j segment is not allowed according to the norm. This decomposition can be accompanied by the hard articulation of stops. The results lead to the conclusion that desinchronization of the pronunciation of kie, gie setpiences and dephonologization of /c J/ are currently taking place in the Polish language.

Keywords

palatalization; consonants; acoustic analysis; the Polish language

Hrčak ID:

173966

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/173966

Publication date:

1.9.2004.

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