Tundra Nenets consonant sandhi as coalescence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20344148
AutoresPeter Staroverov (0000-0003-1141-4674, Wayne State University), Darya Kavitskaya (0000-0001-6383-4959, University of California, Berkeley, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas331-364
Fecha de publicación2017-10-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Linguistic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/tlr-2017-0006
OpenAlexW2621007370
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas20

Consonant cluster simplification in Tundra Nenets coexists with other consonantal alternations, such as fricative strengthening, lenition of stops, and a variety of NC-effects, which all apply within the same phrasal domain. These processes interact with each other, suggesting an opaque ordering within the same post-lexical domain and thus presenting a challenge not only for inherently parallel theories like classical Optimality Theory, but also for the cyclic derivational approaches such as Stratal OT. We analyze all instances of Tundra Nenets cluster simplification as coalescence and show that a variety of apparently opaque alternations accompanying cluster simplification can be seen as transparent on this account. We also argue that strengthening in consonant clusters is caused by an intermediate stage where coda obstruents lose their place and turn into a glottal stop

Arctic · Biology · Consonant · Consonant cluster · Linguistics · Obstruent · Optimality theory · Phonology · Physics · Speech recognition · Tundra · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence