Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America
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Resumo: | An intriguing feature of the Americas as a linguistic area is the frequent occurrence of oral/nasal contour consonants. In this paper we will study a number of languages that have these sounds and discuss the explanations based on the enhancement of phonological contrast that should account for their occurrence. One of these explanations considers the nasal phase of a contour consonant as the enhancement of an underlying voice contrast; the other explanation regards the oral phase realized on an underlying nasal consonant as a strategy to maintain a neat oral/nasal contrast on vowels. In this way the different enhancement-based theories presuppose different underlying segments from which the contour sounds are derived. In some cases, the synchronic source of the contour segments seems undisputed, either because the language is lacking the contrast that is to be enhanced, or because it uses the secondary (enhancement) feature contrastively. The phonological interpretation of contour sounds becomes more diffi cult in the numerous languages that have both a nasal/oral contrast on vowels and lack a phonemic opposition between voiceless /P/, voiced /B/ and nasal /N/. In these languages the view of enhancement as a feature of phonetic implementation is dubious. Rather, the enhancing feature seems to play a role in the choice of underlyingly contrastive segments. |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-AmericaContour consonantsEnhancementAmerindian languagesAn intriguing feature of the Americas as a linguistic area is the frequent occurrence of oral/nasal contour consonants. In this paper we will study a number of languages that have these sounds and discuss the explanations based on the enhancement of phonological contrast that should account for their occurrence. One of these explanations considers the nasal phase of a contour consonant as the enhancement of an underlying voice contrast; the other explanation regards the oral phase realized on an underlying nasal consonant as a strategy to maintain a neat oral/nasal contrast on vowels. In this way the different enhancement-based theories presuppose different underlying segments from which the contour sounds are derived. In some cases, the synchronic source of the contour segments seems undisputed, either because the language is lacking the contrast that is to be enhanced, or because it uses the secondary (enhancement) feature contrastively. The phonological interpretation of contour sounds becomes more diffi cult in the numerous languages that have both a nasal/oral contrast on vowels and lack a phonemic opposition between voiceless /P/, voiced /B/ and nasal /N/. In these languages the view of enhancement as a feature of phonetic implementation is dubious. Rather, the enhancing feature seems to play a role in the choice of underlyingly contrastive segments.UNESP2009-06-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/1500ALFA: Revista de Linguística; v. 52 n. 2 (2008)1981-5794reponame:Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online)instname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/1500/1203Copyright (c) 2008 ALFA: Revista de Linguísticainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWetzels, William Leo2013-09-09T19:39:37Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1500Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1981-5794&lng=pt&nrm=isoPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpalfa@unesp.br1981-57940002-5216opendoar:2013-09-09T19:39:37Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online) - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America Wetzels, William Leo Contour consonants Enhancement Amerindian languages |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
title_full |
Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
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Thoughts on the phonological interpretation of {nasal,oral} contour consonants in some indigenous languages of South-America |
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Wetzels, William Leo |
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Wetzels, William Leo |
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Wetzels, William Leo |
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Contour consonants Enhancement Amerindian languages |
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Contour consonants Enhancement Amerindian languages |
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An intriguing feature of the Americas as a linguistic area is the frequent occurrence of oral/nasal contour consonants. In this paper we will study a number of languages that have these sounds and discuss the explanations based on the enhancement of phonological contrast that should account for their occurrence. One of these explanations considers the nasal phase of a contour consonant as the enhancement of an underlying voice contrast; the other explanation regards the oral phase realized on an underlying nasal consonant as a strategy to maintain a neat oral/nasal contrast on vowels. In this way the different enhancement-based theories presuppose different underlying segments from which the contour sounds are derived. In some cases, the synchronic source of the contour segments seems undisputed, either because the language is lacking the contrast that is to be enhanced, or because it uses the secondary (enhancement) feature contrastively. The phonological interpretation of contour sounds becomes more diffi cult in the numerous languages that have both a nasal/oral contrast on vowels and lack a phonemic opposition between voiceless /P/, voiced /B/ and nasal /N/. In these languages the view of enhancement as a feature of phonetic implementation is dubious. Rather, the enhancing feature seems to play a role in the choice of underlyingly contrastive segments. |
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