Acoustic Properties of Non-Modal Phonation in Boruca: Phonetic Evidence and Phonological Status

 

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Autor: Elías-Ulloa, José
Médium: artículo original
Stav:Versión publicada
Datum vydání:2019
Popis:This study documents the oscillographic and spectrographic properties of non-modal phonation observed in Boruca, an already extinct Chibchan language that was spoken in Costa Rica. Traditionally, the creaky and breathy phonations of Boruca have been interpreted as phonetic cues for the laryngeal segments /Ɂ/ and /h/. However, this article reanalyzes these phenomena as phonological specification of the [constricted glottis] and [spread glottis] features associated with vowels. Thus, Boruca does not have laryngeal consonants but it does contrast between modal, creaky and breathy vowels. The study presents evidence that creaky voice concentrates in the middle of vowels while breathy voice concentrates in the final section of vowels. Moreover, Boruca can force creaky voice to surface as a glottal stop segment under certain conditions, and can also insert breathy voice in certain segmental environments.
Země:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instituce:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Jazyk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/36735
On-line přístup:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/36735
Klíčové slovo:Boruca
Chibchan
non-modal phonation
creaky vowels
breathy vowels
chibcha
fonación no-modal
vocales laringalizadas
vocales murmuradas