Acoustic Study of the Weakening Process in Azarbaijani Turkish of Ardebili, Germi and Parsabad Dialects

Abstract

Weakening is a process in which a kind of energy reduction occurs during sound production and occurs mostly in consonants and in intervowel, postvowel, syllable-final and word-final environments. The aim of this research is to investigate and analyze the acoustic weakening process in Azerbaijani Turkish of Ardebili dialect. This research was conducted based on field research and all participants are speakers of this language.