The Phonetics and Phonology of Gutturals

A Case Study from Ju|'hoansi

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
Cover of the book The Phonetics and Phonology of Gutturals by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen ISBN: 9781135884819
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 1, 2004
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
ISBN: 9781135884819
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 1, 2004
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book is the first detailed investigation and description of phonotactic sound patterns affecting Khoesan click consonant inventories. It also includes the first quantitative study of phonation types in Khoesan languages, and the first study of phonation types associated with pharyngeal consonants all around. Although bases of OCP constraints have been presumed to be perceptual, this is the first quantitative study showing the acoustic basis of a particular OCP constraint in a specific language.

Amanda L. Miller-Ockhuizen describes the phonetics and phonology of gutturals in the Khoesan language of Ju|'hoansi. Hers is the first study of voice quality cues associated with epiglottalized vowels. Thus, it is the first study to show that laryngeal and pharyngeal vowels are unified phonetically by non-modal voice qualities associated with them. It is also the first study to show that in addition to laryngeal coarticulation, whereby voice quality cues associated with laryngeal consonants are spread to a following vowel, pharyngeal coarticulation also involves spreading of voice quality cues. Thus, guttural consonants are united in that they all spread voice quality cues onto a following vowel. Voice quality cues found on vowels following guttural consonants are as large as similar cues associated with guttural vowels. This acoustic similarity is shown to be the basis of a novel Guttural OCP constraint found in the language, which is demonstrated to exist via co-occurrence patterns found over a recorded database of all of the known roots. Thus, this is the first book to provide a detailed perceptual basis of an OCP constraint. The database study also reports several other novel phonotactic constraints involving gutturals, as well as a reanalysis of the well-known Back Vowel Constraint.

This book describes both phonetics and phonology of the natural class of guttural consonants, and shows through a quantitative acoustic investigation how the phonetic cues associated with these sounds are the bases of phonotactic constraints involving them.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book is the first detailed investigation and description of phonotactic sound patterns affecting Khoesan click consonant inventories. It also includes the first quantitative study of phonation types in Khoesan languages, and the first study of phonation types associated with pharyngeal consonants all around. Although bases of OCP constraints have been presumed to be perceptual, this is the first quantitative study showing the acoustic basis of a particular OCP constraint in a specific language.

Amanda L. Miller-Ockhuizen describes the phonetics and phonology of gutturals in the Khoesan language of Ju|'hoansi. Hers is the first study of voice quality cues associated with epiglottalized vowels. Thus, it is the first study to show that laryngeal and pharyngeal vowels are unified phonetically by non-modal voice qualities associated with them. It is also the first study to show that in addition to laryngeal coarticulation, whereby voice quality cues associated with laryngeal consonants are spread to a following vowel, pharyngeal coarticulation also involves spreading of voice quality cues. Thus, guttural consonants are united in that they all spread voice quality cues onto a following vowel. Voice quality cues found on vowels following guttural consonants are as large as similar cues associated with guttural vowels. This acoustic similarity is shown to be the basis of a novel Guttural OCP constraint found in the language, which is demonstrated to exist via co-occurrence patterns found over a recorded database of all of the known roots. Thus, this is the first book to provide a detailed perceptual basis of an OCP constraint. The database study also reports several other novel phonotactic constraints involving gutturals, as well as a reanalysis of the well-known Back Vowel Constraint.

This book describes both phonetics and phonology of the natural class of guttural consonants, and shows through a quantitative acoustic investigation how the phonetic cues associated with these sounds are the bases of phonotactic constraints involving them.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book On Becoming a Psychotherapist by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Discovering Stage Lighting by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Educational Philosophy and New French Thought by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Revolt on the Right by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Closure by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Cultivating System Change by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book International Trade Policy by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book The Multiprofessional Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book American Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Politics, Policy and Practice in Physical Education by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Inhabitable Infrastructures by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Creativity by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Management and Regulation of Pension Schemes by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Interpersonal Communication by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
Cover of the book Early Humans and Their World by Amanda Miller-Ockhuizen
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy