Labio-Palatalization in Twi: Contrastive, Quantal, and Organizational Factors Producing an Uncommon Sound  

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Jong, Kenneth de ; Obeng, Samuel Gyasi

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language (ada di JSTOR) vol. 76 no. 3 (1999), page 682-703.
Fulltext: Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 682-703.pdf (4.54MB)

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The authors propose that the typologically uncommon combination of labial and palatal constric- tion in Twi has arisen from a convergence created by general patterns of coarticulation of conso- nants and vowels. This convergence has been systematized in a (consonantal) acoustic dimension partially independent from the original (vocalic) dimensions of contrast for which the rounding and palatal articulations were specified. These conclusions are based on an examination of distribu- tional patterns, palatograms of the articulation of secondarily articulated consonants, and acoustic analyses. Contrastiveness and quantal considerations can be seen as contributing to the occurrence of typologically odd sounds, provided one keeps in mind how an articulatory gesture functions within a language's contrastive system.*

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