Nasal clicks and glottalized clicks with syllabic velar nasals in Ju|’hoan
The |Xae|xae dialect of Ju|’hoan as it is spoken in western Botswana features a series of nasal clicks and glottalized clicks that are combined with a syllabic velar nasal into a single morphological unit. An acoustic analysis of these clicks shows that the vowel [a] is not present in the |Xae|xae v...
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| שפה: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2023-12-01
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| סדרה: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/133875 |
| סיכום: | The |Xae|xae dialect of Ju|’hoan as it is spoken in western Botswana features a series of nasal clicks and glottalized clicks that are combined with a syllabic velar nasal into a single morphological unit. An acoustic analysis of these clicks shows that the vowel [a] is not present in the |Xae|xae variants and that only a syllabic velar nasal remains. This was found for all four click articulations with minimal pairs for high and low tone as well as for glottalized clicks and non-glottalized nasal clicks. While their phonetic features appear straightforward, the phonological and orthographic renderings of these clicks are discussed for their wider implications.
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| ISSN: | 0039-3533 2154-428X |