Articulatory dynamics of (de)gemination in Dutch

So-called ‘fake’ or derived geminates differ in the extent to which they behave like lexical geminates, both across and within languages. Data that enable us to study the gestural as well as the durational properties of fake geminates can shed light on their status as long consonants or clusters, and on the effects of any degemination rules present in the language. Our focus is on Standard Dutch, which has been said to exhibit categorical degemination of derived identical consonant clusters. The specific interest is in the post-lexical gemination of /r/, which involves gesturally strongly dist... Mehr ...