Solé, María JoséEstebas Vilaplana, Eva2026-03-132026-03-132020-01-01Solé, M.J. and Estebas, E. 2000. Phonetic and Phonological phenomena: V.O.T. A cross-language comparison. Proceedings of the XVII AEDEAN Conference. Vigo, Spain, pp. 437-444.84-699-2212-2https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/32114Texto en línea en la web del editor: https://aedean.org/actas/17/70-phonetic-and-phonological-phenomenal.pdfSpeech is known to be determined by universal phonetic constraints and by language-specific constraints (phonological and lexical). However, the assignment of pronunciation features of a given language to the phonetic, phonological or lexical level is not a straightforward task. This paper seeks to determine the phonetic or phonological status of pronunciation features on the basis of their behaviour across different speaking rates. Data on aspiration across different speaking rates in English and Catalan were obtained. The data show that phonological effects, such as aspiration in English, adjust to variations in speech rate so as to maintain a constant perceptual distance across rates, whereas phonetic effects, such as aspiration in the Romance languages, remain constant across rates or present rate-correlated changes which can be accounted for by the general principles of speech motor control. The results obtained provide empirical support for utilizing speech rate as a technique to differentiate between phonetic and phonological phenomena.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess5505.10 Filologíaactas de congreso