The phonetics and phonology of laryngeal features in Native American languages / edited by Heriberto Avelino, Matt Coler, W. Leo Wetzels.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Avelino Becerra, Heriberto, 1968- editor.
• Coler, Matt, editor.
• Wetzels, Leo, editor.

Series:

• Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 12.
• Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Indians of North America--Languages--Phonetics.
• Indians of North America--Languages--Phonology.
• Indians of South America--Languages--Phonetics.
• Indians of South America--Languages--Phonology.
• Laryngeals (Phonetics).
• Indians of South America--Languages.
• Phonetics.
• Indians of North America--Languages.

Physical Description:

vi, 325 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

"This book presents unique insights into laryngeal features, one of the most intriguing topics of contemporary phonetics and phonology. It investigates in detail properties such as tone, non-modal phonation, non-pulmonic production mechanisms (as in ejectives or implosives), stress, and prosody. What makes American indigenous languages special is that many of these properties co-exist in the phonologies of languages spoken on the continent. Taking diverse theoretical perspectives, the contributions span a range of American languages, illustrating how the phonetics and phonology of laryngeal features provides insight into how potential articulatory and aero-acoustic conflicts are resolved, which contrastive laryngeal features can co-occur in a given language, which features pattern together in phonological processes and how they evolve over time. This contribution provides the most recent research on laryngeal features with an array of studies to expand and enrich the fascinating field of phonetics and phonology of the languages of the Americas. Contributors include Heriberto Avelino, Thiago Chacon, Didier Demolin, Jose Elias-Ulloa, Melissa Frazier, Matthew Gordon, Sharon Hargus, Larry M. Hyman, Keren Rice, Wilson De Lima Silva, Luciana Storto, and Siri G. Tuttle."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• 1 Introduction to Laryngeal Features in Languages of the Americas / Heriberto Avelino Avelino, Heriberto, Matt Coler Coler, Matt, Leo Wetzels Wetzels, Leo 1
• 2 Overlapping Laryngeal Classes in Athabaskan Languages: Continuity and Change / Keren Rice Rice, Keren 9
• 3 Stem-Final Ejectives in Ahtna Athabascan / Siri G. Tuttle Tuttle, Siri G. 51
• 4 Deg Xinag Word-Final Glottalized Consonants and Voice Quality / Sharon Hargus Hargus, Sharon 71
• 5 Consonant-Tone Interactions: A Phonetic Study of Four Indigenous Languages of the Americas / Matthew Gordon Gordon, Matthew 129
• 6 Phonetics in Phonology: A Cross-Linguistic Study of Laryngeal Contrast / Heriberto Avelino Avelino, Heriberto 157
• 7 The Role of Prominent Prosodic Positions in Governing Laryngealization in Vowels: A Case Study of Two Panoan Languages / José Elías-Ulloa Elías-Ulloa, José 180
• 8 Pitch and Glottalization as Cues to Contrast in Yucatec Maya / Melissa Frazier Frazier, Melissa 203
• 9 Amazonia and the Typology of Tone Systems / Larry M. Hyman Hyman, Larry M. 235
• 10 The Reconstruction of Laryngealization in Proto-Tukanoan / Thiago Costa Chacon Chacon, Thiago Costa 258
• 11 The Status of the Laryngeals '?' and 'h' in Desano / Wilson Silva Silva, Wilson 285
• 12 Temporal Coordination of Glottalic Gestures in Karitiana / Didier Demolin Demolin, Didier, Luciana Storto Storto, Luciana 308.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Phonetics and phonology of laryngeal features in Native American languages.

ISBN:

• 9789004303201
• 9004303200

OCLC:

929985197