Lheidli intervocalic consonants

Phonetic and Morphological Effects

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2110643
AutoresSonya Bird (0000-0001-9089-5327, University of British Columbia, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume34
Fascículo1
Páginas69-91
Data de publicação2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the International Phonetic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0025-1003 • E-ISSN: 1475-3502
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0025100304001616
OpenAlexW2041966216
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas8

Several researchers have noted that intervocalic consonants are unusually long in Navajo (Sapir & Hoijer 1967, Young & Morgan 1987, McDonough & Ladefoged 1993). This paper explores intervocalic consonant duration in the Lheidli dialect of Dakelh (Carrier) in order to determine whether the long intervocalic consonants found in Navajo are characteristic of other Athabaskan languages as well. It is shown that Lheidli intervocalic consonants are substantially longer overall than (a) consonants in other positions within Lheidli, (b) vowels within Lheidli, and (c) singletons and geminates in other non-Athabaskan languages. Furthermore, intervocalic consonant duration is at least in part a function of morphological structure, with intervocalic consonants lengthening to signal a stem morpheme boundary. The data presented here provide new evidence for the existence of a language-specific phonetic component of grammar as well as for the interaction between phonetics and morphology

Consonant · Linguistics · Morpheme · Phonetics · Vowel · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation