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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Acoustic Phonetics

Background:

  • Register languages exhibit complex phonetic contrasts.
  • Mon, an Austroasiatic language, is a prototypical register language with debated acoustic properties.
  • Previous research lacks perceptual studies on Mon register cues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To acoustically analyze register differentiation in Burma Mon.
  • To investigate the perceptual relevance of acoustic properties for Mon register contrast.
  • To explore individual variation in register production and perception.

Main Methods:

  • Functional principal component analysis of acoustic and electroglottographic data from 17 Burma Mon speakers.
  • Forced-choice identification study to assess listener sensitivity to phonetic cues.

Main Results:

  • Registers in Mon are primarily differentiated by covarying fundamental frequency (f0) and voice quality.
  • Listeners are sensitive to these phonetic properties, with f0 being the most robust perceptual cue.
  • Individual variation exists in both production and perception, without a direct correlation.

Conclusions:

  • Fundamental frequency is a salient cue for register in Burma Mon, likely reflecting a broader laryngeal configuration.
  • The findings contribute to understanding register systems in tonal and non-tonal languages.
  • Acoustic and perceptual data reveal the complex nature of phonetic realization in Mon register.