Peer-Reviewed Article December 31, 2006
A qualitative and quantitative study of Zulu affricates
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Published in: South African Journal of African Languages
Publisher: Taylor & Francis • South Africa • 0257-2117
Abstract
Using a speech-processing platform, PRAAT1 (Boersma & Weenink, 1992), this article presents the qualitative and quantitative results of an experimental investigation into Zulu affricates. In so doing, it confirms the classification of /k1', d3 t∫', ts'/ and /φf', cbv, ts', dz, t∫', tɬ', d13/as affricates; establishes the ejective status of voiceless affricates; and determines that durational differences obtain between lexical and derived affricates.