Explaining Final Obstruent Voicing in Lezgian: Phonetics and History  

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Yu, Alan C. L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language (ada di JSTOR) vol. 80 no. 1 (2004), page 73-97.
Fulltext: Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 73-97.pdf (2.73MB)

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In Lezgian, a Nakh-Daghestanian language, final and preconsonantal ejectives and voiceless unaspirated obstruents are voiced in certain monosyllabic nouns. This article offers acoustic evi- dence confirming that the two coda-voicing series are indeed voiced in final position. Based on comparative evidence, it is demonstrated that this phonetically aberrant neutralization pattern is the result of a series of phonetically natural sound changes. Such 'crazy rules' (Bach & Harms 1972) undermine any direct phonetic licensing approach to phonology, such as LICENSING BY CUE (Steriade 1997).*

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