CROSS-LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES IN OVERLAP AND ASSIMILATION PATTERNS IN KOREAN AND RUSSIAN

Alexei Kochetov1, Marianne Pouplier2 & Minjung Son3
1Simon Fraser University, Haskins Laboratories; 2University of Edinburgh, Haskins Laboratories; 3Yale University, Haskins Laboratories

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This paper investigates cross-linguistic differences in gestural overlap in consonant clusters and discusses how different patterns of overlap may interact with language-specific place assimilation patterns. We examine Russian and Korean stop-stop sequences within and across words, produced at two speaking rates. Significant differences in degrees of overlap emerge between the two languages for both prosodic conditions. We discuss to what extent language-specific differences in overlap can be linked to the language-specific propensity for articulatory place assimilation.