An Acoustic and Articulatory Study of the Consonants of Setswana

茨瓦纳语辅音的声学和发音研究

• 批准号: 1023320
• 负责人: Elizabeth Zsiga
• 金额: $ 2.16万
• 依托单位: Georgetown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1023320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Acoustic; Articulatory; Study; Consonants; Setswana

The Setswana language, spoken in Botswana, evidences some unusual consonants and consonant combinations, some of which are predicted by linguistic theory not to exist. The present study will investigate the consonant system of Setswana, using acoustic, perceptual, aerodynamic, and ultrasound techniques. The unusual sounds will be documented in order to test whether the general descriptions that have been reported in the literature are in fact accurate.The intellectual merit of the proposed research resides in the collection of new empirical data against which linguistic claims will be tested. The results of this research will have implications for theories of possible inventories of sounds, of the physical articulatory and acoustic bases of sound changes, of the way language is processed, and of the way sounds in sequence interact, both at the physical and cognitive levels.This project will provide new acoustic and articulatory data for a language with a number of typologically rare features. Results will be disseminated via multiple venues. The research will promote cooperation between Georgetown University and the University of Botswana. New ultrasound equipment will permanently enhance the research infrastructure at Georgetown. The research will also have a significant training component. Both graduate and undergraduate students will receive training in acoustic and articulatory data analysis. Finally, the research will contribute to the participation of under-represented groups in science by providing training to a local Setswana consultant and by supporting an African woman as a postdoctoral researcher.

在博茨瓦纳（Botswana）使用的Setswana语言证明了一些不寻常的辅音和辅音组合，其中一些是由不存在的语言理论预测的。本研究将使用声学，感知，空气动力学和超声技术研究Setswana的辅音系统。为了测试文献中报道的一般描述是否实际上是准确的。这项研究的结果将对声音的可能库存，声音变化的物理发音和声学基础，语言的处理方式以及声音依次相互作用的方式有影响。在物理和认知层面上，声音相互作用的方式都将在物理和认知层面上进行。该项目将提供新的声学和关键数据，用于与许多类型稀有功能的语言。结果将通过多个场所传播。该研究将促进乔治敦大学和博茨瓦纳大学之间的合作。新的超声设备将永久增强乔治敦的研究基础设施。这项研究还将具有重要的培训组成部分。研究生和本科生都将接受声学和发音数据分析的培训。最后，这项研究将通过向当地的Setswana顾问提供培训并支持非洲妇女作为博士后研究员，从而有助于参与不足的科学群体。