Jae-Hyun Sung presents at the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences

July 8, 2015

PhD Candidate Jae-Hyun Sung is presenting her research at the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) this August, in Glasgow, U.K.The research is titled "The articulation of mutated consonants: Palatalization in Scottish Gaelic" (co-authored with Diana Archangeli, Sam Johnston, Ian Clayton, and Andrew Carnie). The work was carried out as part of the Deparment of Linguistics Scottish Gaelic project.Abstract: Scottish Gaelic (henceforth SG) exhibits a rich system of consonant mutation, which is mostly governed by its morphology. Using ultrasound imaging, this study explores the articulation of palatalization in SG, considered a type of consonant mutation, asking...