Mergers in Mongsen-Ao
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14799666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Temsunungsang (University of Passau, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 268-295 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-3500 • E-ISSN: 2214-5907 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/ltba.25007.tem |
| OpenAlex | W4415100699 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In this paper, I examine two cases of merger, by comparing the fricatives (/s/, /ʃ/) and affricates (/ts/ and /tʃ/) in ten varieties of Mongsen-Ao, including Changki, which is structurally close to Mongsen. Based on the comparison of fricatives and affricates in the ten selected varieties, I show that the merger of /s/ and /ʃ/ as observed by Bruhn (2014) and merger of affricates /ts/ and /tʃ/ as proposed by Coupe ( 2003 , 2007 ), did not take place in all varieties of Mongsen. The merger also had an impact on the following vowel, leading to a process of vowel reduction in most of the Mongsen varieties. As part of the analysis, two fricatives- *s and *ʃ , and two affricates- *ts and *tʃ , are reconstructed with all the four vowels in Proto-Mongsen. Given the phonological variation within Mongsen varieties spoken in different villages, this paper also sheds light on some of the phonological changes across varieties
Australian English · Diphthong · Vowel · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |