C21. Experimental Methods in the Study of Hindi Geminate Consonants

C21. Experimental Methods in the Study of Hindi Geminate Consonants

21.1 Introduction
Purpose
To provide answers about long consonants or geminates, using an experimental approach in the analysis of Hindi geminates.
The specific topics in this chapter
a) the duration of geminates and of the vowels preceding them
b) long distance durational effects
c) the duration of geminates via-a-vis clusters and of the vowel preceding these.
d)the syllabification of geminates and the issue of their integrity
e) the status of apparent geminates

21.1.1 Some facts about geminates in Hindi
involve the consonantal closure
two separate consonants
have severe phonotactic restrictions.
they occur only intervocalically
always preceded by the non-preipheral vowels, the short vowels

21.2.2 Diachronic data on development of geminates
due to cluster simplification in the development of Middle Indo-Aryan (MIA) from Sanskirt.