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An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu

This paper investigated acoustic correlates of primary and secondary stress in Urdu language. Urdu is not a sufficiently researched language in the context of lexical stress. A few researches (Mehrotra, 1965; Hussain, 1997; Nair, 1999; Mumtaz, 2014, and Qurrat-Ul-Ain & Mahmood (2017) discussed s...

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Main Authors: Qurrat Ul Ain,, Mahmood, Muhammad Asim, Muslim Raza, Syed Muhammad, Zakir, Anam
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21596/1/57128-204835-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.215962023-05-19T08:53:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21596/ An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu Qurrat Ul Ain, Mahmood, Muhammad Asim Muslim Raza, Syed Muhammad Zakir, Anam This paper investigated acoustic correlates of primary and secondary stress in Urdu language. Urdu is not a sufficiently researched language in the context of lexical stress. A few researches (Mehrotra, 1965; Hussain, 1997; Nair, 1999; Mumtaz, 2014, and Qurrat-Ul-Ain & Mahmood (2017) discussed stress in Urdu/Hindi language. Perhaps, Qurrat-Ul-Ain & Mahmood (2017) study is the first to phonetically document the presence of secondary stress in Urdu using the cue of duration. The present study focused on the four popular acoustic cues of lexical stress to see how Urdu lexical stress (primary as well as secondary) behaves against these cues. The stimuli of the study consist of six tri-syllabic words (embedded with low-back-long vowel /a:/ in all syllables) uttered by nine female Urdu speakers from Lahore. Four popular stress cues (duration, vowel quality, pitch, and intensity) have been analyzed to see their correlation with Urdu lexical stress. The analysis reveals three levels of lexical stress: primary, secondary, and unstressed. Vowel duration is the strongest cue to correlate with the levels of stress in Urdu while stressed segments prone to have higher values of intensity. Overall, a trend of lower F0 and higher formant values could be seen against stressed syllables. The study, however, needs to be expanded further by using words having other vowel sounds. Moreover, the phenomenon of word final lengthening can be taken into account in the potential researches. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21596/1/57128-204835-1-PB.pdf Qurrat Ul Ain, and Mahmood, Muhammad Asim and Muslim Raza, Syed Muhammad and Zakir, Anam (2023) An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu. GEMA ; Online Journal of Language Studies, 23 (1). pp. 74-92. ISSN 1675-8021 https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1578
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description This paper investigated acoustic correlates of primary and secondary stress in Urdu language. Urdu is not a sufficiently researched language in the context of lexical stress. A few researches (Mehrotra, 1965; Hussain, 1997; Nair, 1999; Mumtaz, 2014, and Qurrat-Ul-Ain & Mahmood (2017) discussed stress in Urdu/Hindi language. Perhaps, Qurrat-Ul-Ain & Mahmood (2017) study is the first to phonetically document the presence of secondary stress in Urdu using the cue of duration. The present study focused on the four popular acoustic cues of lexical stress to see how Urdu lexical stress (primary as well as secondary) behaves against these cues. The stimuli of the study consist of six tri-syllabic words (embedded with low-back-long vowel /a:/ in all syllables) uttered by nine female Urdu speakers from Lahore. Four popular stress cues (duration, vowel quality, pitch, and intensity) have been analyzed to see their correlation with Urdu lexical stress. The analysis reveals three levels of lexical stress: primary, secondary, and unstressed. Vowel duration is the strongest cue to correlate with the levels of stress in Urdu while stressed segments prone to have higher values of intensity. Overall, a trend of lower F0 and higher formant values could be seen against stressed syllables. The study, however, needs to be expanded further by using words having other vowel sounds. Moreover, the phenomenon of word final lengthening can be taken into account in the potential researches.
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author Qurrat Ul Ain,
Mahmood, Muhammad Asim
Muslim Raza, Syed Muhammad
Zakir, Anam
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Mahmood, Muhammad Asim
Muslim Raza, Syed Muhammad
Zakir, Anam
An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu
author_facet Qurrat Ul Ain,
Mahmood, Muhammad Asim
Muslim Raza, Syed Muhammad
Zakir, Anam
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title An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu
title_short An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu
title_full An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu
title_fullStr An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu
title_full_unstemmed An acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of Urdu
title_sort acoustic investigation of primary and secondary lexical stress of urdu
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21596/1/57128-204835-1-PB.pdf
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