A nasalidade em Mebengokre e Apinaye
O Limite Do Vozeamento Soante
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5812330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrés Pablo Salanova (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | THESIS |
| Publisher | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.47749/t/unicamp.2001.253075 |
| OpenAlex | W4245321890 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This thesis has a double purpose.In the first place.it endeavors to describe the phonological systems of two closely related Northern Jê languages: Mebengokre (the Janguage o f the Kayapó and Xikrtn nations).and Apinayê (the language o f the homonymous nation).In the second place, it intends to discuss critically the notion of phonologtcal system, showing the way in which certaln facts that are normally treated in descriptive studies as "phonological processes".divorced from tbe system (whích is often tbought of as a mere inventory).are directly relevant to the oppositions that constitute tbe phonological system.To exemplí(y tbese ideas, we devote our attention to certaln processes tbat involve nasalíty and voicing in these two languages.Une of the clearest differences between the phonology ofMebengokre and Apinayé regards tbe behavior of so-called "nasal" consonants: in tbe first system, nasal consonants clearly contrast with voiced stops.In Apinayé, on the other hand.fully nasal consonants and voiced stops with nasalízed contours are in complementary distribution.We argue initially tbat to represent the contour segments as being specified for tbe feature [nasal] Jeads us to an untenable situation: nasalíty would exhibit, in tbese segments, a completely passive behavior, retreating even next to [-nasal]; for tbis reason we opt for a representation in whích.nasalíty could be tbought o f as an epiphenomenon of tbe lmplementation of sonorant voicing.Some facts of the Apinayé Janguage nevertheless suggest tbat at least coda segments cannot be character!Zed simply as "sonorants unspecified for nasalíty": one of these facts is the permanence of a brief nasal transition between oral segments after tbe delínking of one of tbese coda consonants.This thesis takes up some ofthe points initially raised by D'Angelís (1998) in relation to otber Janguages in the Macro-Jê stock.The discussion about tbe notion o f phonological system is malnly inspired in tbe structuralíst paradigm of the Prague Linguistic Circle; !ater developments are always put thought in the líght ofTrubetzkoy's (1939) intuitions.Among the more recent reflections regarding the representation of nasais.we here take in to account
Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Phonetics and Phonology Research
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2011 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |