An analysis of North Saami gradation
Abstract This paper gives a moraic analysis of gemination and laryngeal alternations associated with consonant gradation in North Saami. Gradation gives rise to a surface three-way length distinction in consonants, which is essential to understanding length in vowels and diphthongs. It is explained...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0952675712000115 2024-06-23T07:56:28+00:00 An analysis of North Saami gradation Bals Baal, Berit Anne Odden, David Rice, Curt 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0952675712000115 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0952675712000115 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Phonology volume 29, issue 2, page 165-212 ISSN 0952-6757 1469-8188 journal-article 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0952675712000115 2024-06-12T04:04:40Z Abstract This paper gives a moraic analysis of gemination and laryngeal alternations associated with consonant gradation in North Saami. Gradation gives rise to a surface three-way length distinction in consonants, which is essential to understanding length in vowels and diphthongs. It is explained by a system of prosodic rules applying to underlying representations containing only a two-way contrast between geminate and singleton consonants, plus a floating mora present in certain suffixes, which results in surface alternations between extra-long and long or between long and short consonants. An enlightening explanation of quantity alternations is available if one exploits the possibility implicit in moraic theory that the relationship between segments and moras can be surface-contrastive, and we show that recourse to trimoraic syllables is unnecessary, despite the surface three-way length difference. These prosodic alternations also result in shifts in the timing of preaspiration and preglottalisation, as well as loss of these laryngeal specifications. Article in Journal/Newspaper saami Cambridge University Press Phonology 29 2 165 212 |
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Abstract This paper gives a moraic analysis of gemination and laryngeal alternations associated with consonant gradation in North Saami. Gradation gives rise to a surface three-way length distinction in consonants, which is essential to understanding length in vowels and diphthongs. It is explained by a system of prosodic rules applying to underlying representations containing only a two-way contrast between geminate and singleton consonants, plus a floating mora present in certain suffixes, which results in surface alternations between extra-long and long or between long and short consonants. An enlightening explanation of quantity alternations is available if one exploits the possibility implicit in moraic theory that the relationship between segments and moras can be surface-contrastive, and we show that recourse to trimoraic syllables is unnecessary, despite the surface three-way length difference. These prosodic alternations also result in shifts in the timing of preaspiration and preglottalisation, as well as loss of these laryngeal specifications. |
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