Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú

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Autor(a) principal: Picanço, Gessiane
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Alfa (São José do Rio Preto. Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/4664
Resumo: This paper offers an account of diachronic changes in nasal harmony in Mundurukú, a Tupian language from Brazil. It attempts to show that the Optimality Theory provides new ways of accounting for sound change, other than constraint re-ranking. A comparison of Mundurukú and Kuruaya’s modern systems points out that the source system, Proto-Mundurukú, had similar properties to those currently observed in Kuruaya. In particular, nasal spread targets were voiced stops and sonorants, whereas voiceless obstruents were transparent. This system was developed into another in Pre-Mundurukú, because new contrasts were introduced in the language, turning obstruents into opaque segments, thus blocking nasalization. Formal OT account of both cases relies on restricting harmony constraints, as shown by the relative chronology that gave rise to Mundurukú’s modern system. In addition, this study discusses the consequences of this change to synchronic grammar, and how it explains the process’ irregularities.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
title Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
spellingShingle Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
Picanço, Gessiane
Sound change
Nasal harmony
Optimality theory
Historical phonology
Mundurukú
title_short Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
title_full Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
title_fullStr Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
title_full_unstemmed Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
title_sort Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú
author Picanço, Gessiane
author_facet Picanço, Gessiane
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Picanço, Gessiane
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sound change
Nasal harmony
Optimality theory
Historical phonology
Mundurukú
topic Sound change
Nasal harmony
Optimality theory
Historical phonology
Mundurukú
description This paper offers an account of diachronic changes in nasal harmony in Mundurukú, a Tupian language from Brazil. It attempts to show that the Optimality Theory provides new ways of accounting for sound change, other than constraint re-ranking. A comparison of Mundurukú and Kuruaya’s modern systems points out that the source system, Proto-Mundurukú, had similar properties to those currently observed in Kuruaya. In particular, nasal spread targets were voiced stops and sonorants, whereas voiceless obstruents were transparent. This system was developed into another in Pre-Mundurukú, because new contrasts were introduced in the language, turning obstruents into opaque segments, thus blocking nasalization. Formal OT account of both cases relies on restricting harmony constraints, as shown by the relative chronology that gave rise to Mundurukú’s modern system. In addition, this study discusses the consequences of this change to synchronic grammar, and how it explains the process’ irregularities.
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