Otto Gwado Ayoker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Otto Gwado Ayoker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Otto Gwado |
| FAMILY NAME | Ayoker |
| SIGNATURE | AYOKER O G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Floating quantity in Shilluk: Supplementary material
Floating quantity in Shilluk
It is well known that floating tones can associate both within a word and across a word boundary. In relation to floating quantity, however, there is extensive evidence for association within a word, but not across a word boundary. This research report presents evidence for the latter configuration in Shilluk, a West Nilotic language. Shilluk noun forms may end in floating quantity, and this quantity is realized only on following vocalic prefixes…
Ternary vowel length in Shilluk
Ternary or three-level vowel length is typologically rare, and supporting evidence is limited. This paper presents the results of an investigation into the hypothesised case of this configuration in Shilluk. We first describe the role of vowel length in Shilluk phonology and morphology, and then report on an acoustic study in which minimal sets for vowel length (short, long, overlong) are measured for vowel duration, coda duration, vowel quality …
Contrastive tonal alignment in falling contours in Shilluk
It has been assumed that tonal alignment is not contrastive in contour tones (e.g. Hyman 1988, Odden 1995, Yip 2002). However, Remijsen (2013) and DiCanio et al. (2014) have recently reported evidence for this configuration. In relation to this controversy, we report on an acoustic analysis of the tone system of Shilluk. The dataset is built around the contrast of Low vs . Early-aligned High Fall vs . Late-aligned High Fall vs . High in closed mo…
Shilluk
Shilluk is a Western Nilotic language spoken in Southern Sudan. In the study of sound systems, the Western Nilotic languages are of particular interest on account of their rich systems of suprasegmental distinctions. For example, Dinka, another Western Nilotic language, has three levels of vowel length, a voice quality distinction (modal vs. breathy), and - depending on the dialect - three or four distinctive tone patterns (Andersen 1987, Remijse…
Contrastive tonal alignment in falling contours in Shilluk
It has been assumed that tonal alignment is not contrastive in contour tones (e.g. Hyman 1988, Odden 1995, Yip 2002). However, Remijsen (2013) and DiCanio et al. (2014) have recently reported evidence for this configuration. In relation to this controversy, we report on an acoustic analysis of the tone system of Shilluk. The dataset is built around the contrast of Low vs . Early-aligned High Fall vs . Late-aligned High Fall vs . High in closed mo…
Shilluk
Shilluk is a Western Nilotic language spoken in Southern Sudan. In the study of sound systems, the Western Nilotic languages are of particular interest on account of their rich systems of suprasegmental distinctions. For example, Dinka, another Western Nilotic language, has three levels of vowel length, a voice quality distinction (modal vs. breathy), and - depending on the dialect - three or four distinctive tone patterns (Andersen 1987, Remijse…
Floating quantity in Shilluk
It is well known that floating tones can associate both within a word and across a word boundary. In relation to floating quantity, however, there is extensive evidence for association within a word, but not across a word boundary. This research report presents evidence for the latter configuration in Shilluk, a West Nilotic language. Shilluk noun forms may end in floating quantity, and this quantity is realized only on following vocalic prefixes…
Shilluk
Shilluk is a Western Nilotic language spoken in Southern Sudan. In the study of sound systems, the Western Nilotic languages are of particular interest on account of their rich systems of suprasegmental distinctions. For example, Dinka, another Western Nilotic language, has three levels of vowel length, a voice quality distinction (modal vs. breathy), and - depending on the dialect - three or four distinctive tone patterns (Andersen 1987, Remijse…
Contrastive tonal alignment in falling contours in Shilluk
It has been assumed that tonal alignment is not contrastive in contour tones (e.g. Hyman 1988, Odden 1995, Yip 2002). However, Remijsen (2013) and DiCanio et al. (2014) have recently reported evidence for this configuration. In relation to this controversy, we report on an acoustic analysis of the tone system of Shilluk. The dataset is built around the contrast of Low vs . Early-aligned High Fall vs . Late-aligned High Fall vs . High in closed mo…
Ternary vowel length in Shilluk
Ternary or three-level vowel length is typologically rare, and supporting evidence is limited. This paper presents the results of an investigation into the hypothesised case of this configuration in Shilluk. We first describe the role of vowel length in Shilluk phonology and morphology, and then report on an acoustic study in which minimal sets for vowel length (short, long, overlong) are measured for vowel duration, coda duration, vowel quality …
Floating quantity in Shilluk: Supplementary material
Floating quantity in Shilluk
It is well known that floating tones can associate both within a word and across a word boundary. In relation to floating quantity, however, there is extensive evidence for association within a word, but not across a word boundary. This research report presents evidence for the latter configuration in Shilluk, a West Nilotic language. Shilluk noun forms may end in floating quantity, and this quantity is realized only on following vocalic prefixes…
Linguistics (3 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (3 works) · Acoustics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Speech Recognition and Synthesis (2 works) · Tone (literature (2 works) · Vowel (2 works)