Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí

Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí

<p>This paper aims at describing and explaining the allophony of consonants in coda position in Maxakalí, which varies from a consonantal phonetic realization to a vowel allophone. Prevocalization of consonants is a common linguistic feature, but, interestingly, in Maxakalí almost all consonan...

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Main Authors: Mário André Coelho da Silva, Andrew Ira Nevins
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2015-04-01
Series:Revista Linguística
Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/4603
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spelling doaj-b87f7004f71e414bacd6f322f810d6002020-11-25T02:21:04ZporUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRevista Linguística1808-835X2238-975X2015-04-011023202Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in MaxakalíMário André Coelho da Silva0Andrew Ira Nevins1Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem - Universidade Estadual de CampinasUniversity College London Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro<p>This paper aims at describing and explaining the allophony of consonants in coda position in Maxakalí, which varies from a consonantal phonetic realization to a vowel allophone. Prevocalization of consonants is a common linguistic feature, but, interestingly, in Maxakalí almost all consonants undergo lenition, with this variation occurring in the speech of an indiviual speaker. The data was collected in two experiments and analyzed both statistically and phonologically. The main factors that condition the lenition of consonants in coda are: age of speaker, place of articulation of the consonant and position of the segment inside the word and sentence.</p>https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/4603
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author Mário André Coelho da Silva
Andrew Ira Nevins
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Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí
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author_facet Mário André Coelho da Silva
Andrew Ira Nevins
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title Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí
title_short Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí
title_full Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí
title_fullStr Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí
title_full_unstemmed Ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in Maxakalí
title_sort ethnosociophonology and consonant lenition in maxakalí
publisher Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
series Revista Linguística
issn 1808-835X
2238-975X
publishDate 2015-04-01
description <p>This paper aims at describing and explaining the allophony of consonants in coda position in Maxakalí, which varies from a consonantal phonetic realization to a vowel allophone. Prevocalization of consonants is a common linguistic feature, but, interestingly, in Maxakalí almost all consonants undergo lenition, with this variation occurring in the speech of an indiviual speaker. The data was collected in two experiments and analyzed both statistically and phonologically. The main factors that condition the lenition of consonants in coda are: age of speaker, place of articulation of the consonant and position of the segment inside the word and sentence.</p>
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