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