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Phonetic and phonological considerations on the moraic status of pre-NC vowels in Bemba
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 62, Iss 0, Pp 57-74 (2021) (2021)
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Abstract:
The pre-NC vowel in many Bantu languages is generally understood to be long. In Bemba, where there is also a vowel length contrast, this raises the question whether the pre-NC vowel is phonetically as long as lexical long vowels and how phonologised this length might be. In contrast to lexically long vowels, pre-NC vowel length is attributed to vowel lengthening resulting from the restructuring of a nasal to create a prenasalised stop. This is thus relevant to whether such stops are treated as unit segments or not. The present paper focuses on the pre-NC vowel and presents an evaluation of whether the pre-NC vowel is monomoraic or bimoraic by considering both phonetic and phonological evidence. Segmental and most tonal evidence leans towards a monomoraic treatment of the pre-NC vowel. One set of tonal data, however, shows variation in moraicity, presenting a mixed picture that we conclude emanates from the intermediate phonetic duration of the pre-NC vowel.
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African languages and literature; bantu languages; homorganic clusters; mora; nc clusters; P1-1091; Philology. Linguistics; PL8000-8844; prenasalised stops; vowel lengthening
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URL: https://doi.org/10.5842/62-0-899 https://doaj.org/article/6a32020d84644236b422cd25bf15ae86
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Vowel copying in Dciriku and Mwenyi: On the interaction between phonology and semantics
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A comparative study of depression in Bantu, Khoisan and Chinese Wu – laryngeal settings and feature specifications
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In: Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, Vol 54, Iss 0, Pp 17-43 (2018) (2018)
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Government Phonology: Element theory, conceptual issues and introduction
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Mental representation of tonal spreading in Bemba : Evidence from elicited production and perception
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In: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies ; 33 (2015), 3. - S. 307-323. - ISSN 1607-3614. - eISSN 1727-9461 (2015)
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Mental representation of tonal spreading in Bemba: Evidence from elicited production and perception
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