The ə and vowel lengthening in St. Lawrence Island Eskimo

One peculiarity of St. Lawrence Island (SLI henceforth) Eskimo is the vowel lengthening which is triggered by the [ə] (or [ɨ]).Such vowel lengthening only takes place in the first syllable and under certain phonological conditions. The vowel thus lengthened assumes the full length of a long vowel, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the International Phonetic Association
Main Author: Koo, Jang H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1975
Subjects:
Speech and Hearing
Linguistics and Language
Anthropology
Language and Linguistics
Lawrence Island
eskimo*
St Lawrence Island
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002510030000116x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002510030000116X
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Summary:One peculiarity of St. Lawrence Island (SLI henceforth) Eskimo is the vowel lengthening which is triggered by the [ə] (or [ɨ]).Such vowel lengthening only takes place in the first syllable and under certain phonological conditions. The vowel thus lengthened assumes the full length of a long vowel, distinct from a short vowel and a ‘fake’ long vowel.

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