Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Language Related Research, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.213-251, 2025 (Scopus)
In languages, [r] with different manner of articulations (trill, flap, fricative, approximant) has occurred in different positions (alveolar, retroflex, velar). On the other hand, in different languages, the nature of the apical trill [r] in particular, has a great amount of variability in different phonetic contexts and may be affected and changed easily by the surrounding sounds. However, Formants’ frequencies, fundamental frequency, intensity and duration are those acoustic parameters analyzed and measured for Turkish [r] in this article. The data collected in this study show that [r] phoneme has various realizations according environment. It is realized differently depending on its position within a word. As an instance, the [r] in before and after voiced consonants, and in the intervocalic positions is approximant sound and in contrast, the manner of articulation of word-final [r] is voiceless alveolar fricative. The [r] in after and before voiceless consonants is voiced alveolar fricative. The word-initial [r] is also approximant.