Lateral vocalization in Brazilian Portuguese

• Main Authors: Howson, Phil J., Moisik, Scott Reid, Żygis, Marzena
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics; Facial Muscles; Language
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161190
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Lateral vocalization is a cross-linguistically common phenomenon where a lateral is realized as a glide, such as [w, j], or a vowel [u, i]. In this paper, we focus on the articulatory triggers that could cause lateral vocalization. We examined Brazilian Portuguese, a language known for the process o...