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The mixed language Light Warlpiri amalgamates source language phonologies to form a near-maximal inventory

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ID4579604
AutoresRikke Bundgaard‐nielsen (0000-0001-7138-2331, Western Sydney University, autor correspondente), Rikke L Bundgaard-Nielsen, Carmel O''Shannessy (0000-0003-4914-9693, Australian National University), Carmel O'Shannessy
Ano2021
Volume85
Páginas101037
Data de publicação2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Phonetics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0095-4470 • E-ISSN: 1095-8576
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101037
OpenAlexW3134293690
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas23

This paper presents a combined analysis of the perception and production study of the mixed language Light Warlpiri (Australia), which systematically combines elements of Warlpiri, Kriol and English. The perception and production results suggest that the Light Warlpiri phonological inventory consists of a voiced and voiceless series of stops and affricates, differentiated by Voice Onset Time (VOT) word-initially and by Constriction Duration (CD) medially, by incorporating English-like VOT differentiation and Constriction duration differences found in Kriol and also in a number of traditional Indigenous Australian languages. The results also show that Light Warlpiri speakers perceptually differentiate stops and fricatives at the same POA, but that voicing distinctions in fricatives are more difficult to discriminate than voicing distinctions in stops. The large phonological inventory of Light Warlpiri combines most features of the source languages, allowing speakers of Light Warlpiri to maintain sufficient phonemic contrasts to accommodate vocabulary items in Light Warlpiri sourced from English/Kriol as well as Warlpiri

Art · Duration (music) · Linguistics · Perception · Phonology · Speech recognition · Vocabulary · Voice · Australian Indigenous Culture and History · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology