A Reconsideration of Yokuts Vowels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4787571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juliette Blevins (0000-0002-2063-4778, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-51 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1086/422265 |
| OpenAlex | W2051172514 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
One aspect of the Yokuts vowel system which has played a prominent role in the development of phonological theory is the claimed disparity between underlying and surface vowels. A widely held view is that the quality contrast between two long vowels, o: and u:, is neutralized on the surface, due to a context‐free rule of long vowel lowering. In this study, I return to primary data from Yokuts showing that paradigmatic relationships between verbs show maintenance of the o: vs. u: contrast and that there are instances of surface long high vowels in native and nonnative words. Some implications of these findings for phonological models are discussed. In a number of cases, these reiterate points made by Hockett (1967; 1973) which were largely ignored by early proponents of generative approaches
Context (archaeology · Contrast (vision · Generative grammar · Linguistics · Phonological rule · Phonology · Vowel · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Speech Recognition and Synthesis
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |