On Comanche's Central Mid Vowel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4772086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dylan Herrick (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 373-396 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of American Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7071 • E-ISSN: 1545-7001 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/660973 |
| OpenAlex | W2329351329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Comanche has six vowel qualities /i, e, a, o, u, ɨ/ (plus a length distinction), and while the literature agrees almost completely on /i, e, a, o, u/, the last vowel /ɨ/ has been problematic—described as central in some papers, back in others, and compared to both round and spread vowels of English. This paper provides an acoustic description of the Comanche vowel system based on recordings of six native speakers which suggests that Comanche /ɨ/ is actually a central mid vowel—not a high vowel. The discrepancy with the literature is attributed to three factors: a lack of prior acoustic research on Comanche, perceptual interference from the English language, and the prevalence of /ɨ/ in the literature on Numic languages. If other related languages turn out to require the reclassification of /ɨ/ as a mid vowel, this could have implications for the reconstruction of the Uto-Aztecan vowel system
Linguistics · Mid vowel · Perception · Vowel · Vowel length · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
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Acoustic characteristics of American English vowels
Control Methods Used in a Study of the Vowels
The Phonetics and Phonology of Non-modal Vowels
A Grammar of Comanche
The Duke of York gambit
Two Problems in Comanche Pronouns
Formulae for Comanche Stem and Word Formation
A Counterintuitive Solution in Central Numic Phonology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |