The Effects of Post-Velar Consonants on Vowels in Nuu-chah-nulth

Auditory, Acoustic, and Articulatory Evidence

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ID20258973
AuthorsIan Wilson (0000-0002-9620-7000, University of Aizu, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume52
Issue1-2
Pages43-70
Publication date2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4131 • E-ISSN: 1710-1115
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008413100004199
OpenAlexW4234595509
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited25

Previous phonetic documentation of Nuu-chah-nulth consonant-vowel interactions has either solely relied on transcriptions or has been incomplete in some other respect. Using auditory, acoustic, and articulatory evidence, this article documents the effects of all post-velar consonants on all vowels. Results show that /i/ and /i:/ almost always have a schwa offglide before the uvular and pharyngeal stops, but not always before the fricatives. When these vowels follow uvulars and pharyngeals (with the exception of the labialized uvular), they are usually lowered and do not have a schwa offglide. Ultrasound data confirm that the tongue root is active in articulating uvular and pharyngeal consonants and that the schwa off-glide occurs because the tongue is moving through a schwa-like configuration on its way from the high front vowel to the retracted consonant. The vowels /u/ and /u:/ are lowered and/or diphthongized following (but not preceding) pharyngeals, and they are unaffected by uvulars

Consonant · Formant · Linguistics · Mid vowel · Relative articulation · Schwa · Vowel · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech and Audio Processing · Speech Recognition and Synthesis

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