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Phonetic Structures of Scottish Gaelic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Peter Ladefoged ,
Jenny Ladefoged ,
Alice Turk ,
Kevin Hind  and
St. John Skilton
Peter Ladefoged
Affiliation:
Phonetics Laboratory, Linguistics Department, UCLA 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543, USA
Jenny Ladefoged
Affiliation:
Phonetics Laboratory, Linguistics Department, UCLA 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543, USA
Alice Turk
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of EdinburghAdam Ferguson Building, Edinburgh EH8 9LL, Scotland
Kevin Hind
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of EdinburghAdam Ferguson Building, Edinburgh EH8 9LL, Scotland
St. John Skilton
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of EdinburghAdam Ferguson Building, Edinburgh EH8 9LL, Scotland
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Scottish Gaelic is an endangered language with very few fluent speakers under 60. Recordings were collected in the neighbourhood of Greater Bernera, Lewis, from 11 native speakers. Aerodynamic and palatographic data were collected from one 70-year-old male speaker. Palatographic data made in 1955 by Frederick Macaulay, a Gaelic speaker from South Uist, provided additional information. Analysis showed that all the stops were voiceless unaspirated or aspirated, with the aspirated stops being preaspirated intervocalically. Spectra of various consonants were also determined. Vowel analyses showed the nature of the 7 long and short vowels. Special attention was paid to the back unrounded vowels. Problems of syllabicity were examined and shown to affect pitch contours.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 28 , Issue 1-2 , June 1998 , pp. 1 - 41
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1998

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