Predavanje prof. Alekseja Kočetova

Profesor Aleksej Kočetov sa Univerziteta u Torontu održaće predavanje pod nazivom Resistance to positional variability in Serbian laterals u Svečanoj sali Filološkog fakulteta 1. oktobra 2025. godine sa početkom u 12 časova.

 

Resistance to positional variability in Serbian laterals

This study uses electropalatography to investigate the production of Serbian laterals /l/ and /ʎ/ (<l> and <lj>) in utterance-initial, medial, and final positions. Data obtained from 4 speakers producing these sounds across three vowel contexts showed that the two consonants were clearly differentiated in articulatory measures and exhibited relatively minor positional differences – mainly between final and non-final positions and primarily for the less articulatorily constrained /l/. These results are different from the positional patterns previously reported for the English /l/, but largely similar to those found for Catalan /l/ and /ʎ/, highlighting the importance of phonemic contrasts in resisting positional variability.