On latent nasals in Samogo
Languages in the Samogo group display a phenomenon referred to as “floating” or “latent” nasals. Though belonging to the end of a word (either synchronically or diachronically) in coda position, latent nasals more often appear as mutations or modifications to either the initial consonant of the foll...
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Mandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire
2020-09-01
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| description | Languages in the Samogo group display a phenomenon referred to as “floating” or “latent” nasals. Though belonging to the end of a word (either synchronically or diachronically) in coda position, latent nasals more often appear as mutations or modifications to either the initial consonant of the following morpheme or the preceding vowel. This paper draws together extant descriptive data on Samogo nasals and considers them in the broader typology of consonant and vowel nasality in Mande. Finally, the question of phonological representation vs. phonetic realization is considered with preliminary acoustic data from Seenku [sos]; the weak surface realization of the nasal raises questions about an analysis in which it is floating and suggests that recent developments in Gradient Symbolic Representation (Smolensky & Goldrick 2016) may be applicable to the data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22c30040878c47fca289c374535af5db2022-12-22T01:47:47ZengMandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique NoireMandenkan2104-371X2020-09-0163688810.4000/mandenkan.2314On latent nasals in SamogoLaura McPhersonLanguages in the Samogo group display a phenomenon referred to as “floating” or “latent” nasals. Though belonging to the end of a word (either synchronically or diachronically) in coda position, latent nasals more often appear as mutations or modifications to either the initial consonant of the following morpheme or the preceding vowel. This paper draws together extant descriptive data on Samogo nasals and considers them in the broader typology of consonant and vowel nasality in Mande. Finally, the question of phonological representation vs. phonetic realization is considered with preliminary acoustic data from Seenku [sos]; the weak surface realization of the nasal raises questions about an analysis in which it is floating and suggests that recent developments in Gradient Symbolic Representation (Smolensky & Goldrick 2016) may be applicable to the data.http://journals.openedition.org/mandenkan/2314Samogonasalcodaphoneticsphonology |
| spellingShingle | Laura McPherson On latent nasals in Samogo Mandenkan Samogo nasal coda phonetics phonology |
| title | On latent nasals in Samogo |
| title_full | On latent nasals in Samogo |
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| title_short | On latent nasals in Samogo |
| title_sort | on latent nasals in samogo |
| topic | Samogo nasal coda phonetics phonology |
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