Spatio-Temporal and Kinematic Study of Moroccan Arabic Coronal Geminate Plosives

Moroccan Arabic (MA) geminate coronals are produced intervocalically with a longer oral closure and longer period of alveolar contact. MA geminate consonants don’t induce shortening of their preceding vowel, and are produced without larger anticipation of their gesture in the preceding vowel compared to their simple cognates. Our data show that geminate/singleton consonants are not controlled by only varying the stiffness and the virtual target of their gestures.

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