A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic
A typological peculiarity that West Greenlandic and other Inuit languages exhibit is that they have very few underlying segments. This is especially true for the vowels, of which there are only three. However, the allophonic variationof these three vowels is considerable. In this thesis I investigat...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/244004 2023-05-15T16:31:05+02:00 A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic Hagerup, Asger Eggesbø Abrahamsen, Jardar Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det humanistiske fakultet, Institutt for språk- og kommunikasjonsstudier Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det humanistiske fakultet 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/244004 nor nor Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det humanistiske fakultet, Institutt for språk- og kommunikasjonsstudier 419552 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/244004 90 Humanities Theology Master thesis 2011 ftntnutrondheimi 2019-09-17T06:49:05Z A typological peculiarity that West Greenlandic and other Inuit languages exhibit is that they have very few underlying segments. This is especially true for the vowels, of which there are only three. However, the allophonic variationof these three vowels is considerable. In this thesis I investigate the different vowel qualities arising through allophonic variation in West Greenlandic, and propose phonological patterns that are subsequently analysed in the framework of Optimality Theory. The analysis will show that the allophonic variation the vowels exhibit can be explained by the place of articulation of the consonants surrounding the vowel. In addition to this I will compare the phonological structures of Element Phonology with other thories of representation. Master Thesis greenlandic inuit NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
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A typological peculiarity that West Greenlandic and other Inuit languages exhibit is that they have very few underlying segments. This is especially true for the vowels, of which there are only three. However, the allophonic variationof these three vowels is considerable. In this thesis I investigate the different vowel qualities arising through allophonic variation in West Greenlandic, and propose phonological patterns that are subsequently analysed in the framework of Optimality Theory. The analysis will show that the allophonic variation the vowels exhibit can be explained by the place of articulation of the consonants surrounding the vowel. In addition to this I will compare the phonological structures of Element Phonology with other thories of representation. |
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Eggesbø Abrahamsen, Jardar Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det humanistiske fakultet, Institutt for språk- og kommunikasjonsstudier Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det humanistiske fakultet |
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A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic |
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A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic |
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A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic |
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A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic |
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A Phonological Analysis of Vowel Allophony in West Greenlandic |
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phonological analysis of vowel allophony in west greenlandic |
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Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Det humanistiske fakultet, Institutt for språk- og kommunikasjonsstudier |
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