Phonological contrast and phonetic variation: The case of velars in Iwaidja

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dc.contributor.authorShaw JA
dc.contributor.authorCarignan C
dc.contributor.authorAgostini TG
dc.contributor.authorMailhammer R
dc.contributor.authorHarvey M
dc.contributor.authorDerrick, Donald
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-25T20:48:34Z
dc.date.available2020-11-25T20:48:34Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.date.updated2020-09-28T08:38:56Z
dc.description.abstractA field-based ultrasound and acoustic study of Iwaidja, an endangered Australian Aboriginal language, investigates the phonetic identity of nonnasal velar consonants in intervocalic position, where past work has proposed a [+continuant] vs. [−continuant] phonemic contrast. We analyze the putative contrast within a continuous phonetic space, defined by both acoustic and articulatory parameters, and find gradient variation: from more consonantal realizations, such as [ɰ], to more vocalic realizations, such as [a]. The distribution of realizations across lexical items and speakers does not support the proposed phonemic contrast. This case illustrates how lenition that is both phonetically gradient and variable across speakers and words can give the illusion of a contextually restricted phonemic contrast.en
dc.identifier.citationShaw JA, Carignan C, Agostini TG, Mailhammer R, Harvey M, Derrick D (2020). Phonological contrast and phonetic variation: The case of velars in Iwaidja. Language. 96(3). 578-617.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2020.0042
dc.identifier.issn1535-0665
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/101268
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherProject Museen
dc.rightsJason A. Shaw, Christopher Carignan, Tonya G. Agostini, Robert Mailhammer, Mark Harvey, & Donald Derrick. © 2020. Authors paid to make this open access without embargoen
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectIwaidjaen
dc.subjectphonetic variationen
dc.subjectlenitionen
dc.subjectultrasounden
dc.subjectmanneren
dc.subjectvelar approximantsen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::45 - Indigenous studies::4501 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history::450108 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander linguistics and languagesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4704 - Linguistics::470409 - Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax)en
dc.titlePhonological contrast and phonetic variation: The case of velars in Iwaidjaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeService Unit
uc.departmentNZ Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour
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