Challenges in Segmenting the Czech Lateral Liquid

摘要

The study is part of a larger project focused on defining criteria for manual segmentation. Liquids are typically the most problematic sounds in this respect. We examine various acoustic correlates of the Czech alveolar lateral liquid /l/ and their role in isolating this sound in the acoustic stream. Relative formant intensity turned out to be the most reliable criterion. The results indicate a surprisingly high contribution of F3, whose intensity is often stronger in than in neighbouring vowels. This appears to be a new finding.