Phonetic and Phonemic Change in the Athapaskan Languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2864297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry Hoijer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1942 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 218 |
| Publication date | 1942-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/409555 |
| OpenAlex | W2330099064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
One of the principal criteria whereby the Apachean languages may be divided into two main sub-stocks is the development of Primitive Athapaskan * t. This sound is retained in Navaho, San Carlos, Chiricahua, and Mescalero, but becomes k in Jicarilla and Lipan (thus falling together with PA * k ) and k (before the vowels a and o ) or č (before the vowels e and i ) in Kiowa-Apache. The purpose of this paper is to describe the phonetic circumstances attendant upon these shifts, circumstances which illustrate rather well the relationship between phonetic change—changes in sound-producing habits which do not alter the phonemic system of a language—and phonemic change. Changes in the pronunciation of PA * t have probably taken place in all the Apachean languages, but in only three of these languages (viz. Jicarilla, Lipan, and Kiowa-Apache) have the changes resulted in a disturbance of the phonemic system
Linguistics · Sound change · History · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1953 - 2019 (67) |
| Highly cited | No |