The role of phonation energy efficiency in sound changes

Baxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna

Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими · 2026-yil

Annotatsiya

Phonatory energy efficiency is the idea that speakers tend to prefer voice productions that give a clear acoustic signal for comparatively low physiological and aerodynamic cost. In concrete terms, producing stable voicing requires an appropriate balance of subglottal pressure and airflow, and in many contexts (especially with obstruents like stops and fricatives), that balance is difficult to maintain. This article argues that recurrent sound changes–such as final devoicing, intervocalic lenition, and the emergence of tone or register from laryngeal cues-can be partly understood as outcomes of speakers repeatedly “choosing” (often unconsciously) energetically economical phonation patterns that remain intelligible. The argument is not that efficiency alone causes sound change, but that it supplies a systematic production bias that creates the kinds of variants listeners can later reinterpret and conventionalize. Building on accounts of sound change grounded in phonetic variation and listener parsing (Ohala, 1993) and on typological explanations emphasizing recurrent pathways (Blevins, 2004), the paper offers a simple testable method: identify contexts with high phonatory cost, show that speakers reduce voicing or alter phonation there, and show that listeners can still recover lexical identity via other cues.

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MualliflarBaxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna
JurnalМактабгача ва мактаб таълими
NashriyotТошкент давлат педагогика университети
ISSN3060-4613, 3060-4613
Nashr sanasi2026-10-13
Jild4
Son10
Betlar114-118
TilIngliz
DOI10.5281/zenodo.23375236
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-10-18

Kalit so‘zlar

phonation, energy efficiency, airflow, subglottal pressure, voicing, lenition, devoicing, tone, register, electroglottography, фонация, энергетическая эффективность, воздушный поток, подсвязочное давление, звонкость, лениция, оглушение, тон, регистр, электроглоттография, fonatsiya, energiya samaradorligi, havo oqimi, subglottal bosim, jaranglilik, lenitsiya, jarangsizlanish, ton, registr, elektroglottografiya

Iqtibos keltirish

APABaxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna (2026). THE ROLE OF PHONATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SOUND CHANGES. Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими, 4(10), 114-118. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23375236
GOST (OAK)Baxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna THE ROLE OF PHONATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SOUND CHANGES // Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими. – 2026. – T. 4, № 10. – P. 114-118. – DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23375236.
MLABaxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna. “THE ROLE OF PHONATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SOUND CHANGES.” Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими, 4(10), 114-118, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23375236
ChicagoBaxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna. “THE ROLE OF PHONATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SOUND CHANGES.” Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими, 4(10), 114-118 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23375236
HarvardBaxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna (2026) ‘THE ROLE OF PHONATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SOUND CHANGES’, Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими, 4(10), 114-118. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23375236
BibTeX
@article{baxramovashaxnozaerkinovna2026,
  title = {THE ROLE OF PHONATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN SOUND CHANGES},
  author = {Baxramova, Shaxnoza Erkinovna},
  journal = {Мактабгача ва мактаб таълими},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {10},
  pages = {114-118},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23375236},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23375236}
}

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