A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan
This paper describes Saramaccan prenasalized consonants. We demonstrate that a phonetic analysis of consonant duration, and the duration of vowels preceding prenasalized consonants confirms phonological descriptions that characterize these units as monophonemic. We also provide evidence that, for so...
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| description | This paper describes Saramaccan prenasalized consonants. We demonstrate that a phonetic analysis of consonant duration, and the duration of vowels preceding prenasalized consonants confirms phonological descriptions that characterize these units as monophonemic. We also provide evidence that, for some speakers, these have nasal allophones but, nevertheless, they are not “fortis nasals” (Voorhoeve 1959: 440). Our data show that Saramaccan has not only monophonemic onsets with complex melodies but also one biphonemic onset (/st/) of decreasing sonority. This study deals with the phonological interpretation of these consonants, and also provides a phonetic and phonological description of a Creole with a dominant CV syllable structure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bdce324a4dc94581a1064632de1103d52022-12-21T20:28:58ZengAssociação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e EspanholaJournal of Ibero-Romance Creoles2184-53602013-12-014125A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in SaramaccanYolanda Rivera Castillo0Universidad de Puerto Rico – Río PiedrasThis paper describes Saramaccan prenasalized consonants. We demonstrate that a phonetic analysis of consonant duration, and the duration of vowels preceding prenasalized consonants confirms phonological descriptions that characterize these units as monophonemic. We also provide evidence that, for some speakers, these have nasal allophones but, nevertheless, they are not “fortis nasals” (Voorhoeve 1959: 440). Our data show that Saramaccan has not only monophonemic onsets with complex melodies but also one biphonemic onset (/st/) of decreasing sonority. This study deals with the phonological interpretation of these consonants, and also provides a phonetic and phonological description of a Creole with a dominant CV syllable structure.http://www.acblpe.com/revista/volume-4-2013/a-monophonemic-analysis-of-prenasalized-consonants-in-saramaccansaramaccanprenasalized stopsmonophonemicclustersonsetssonority |
| spellingShingle | Yolanda Rivera Castillo A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles saramaccan prenasalized stops monophonemic clusters onsets sonority |
| title | A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan |
| title_full | A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan |
| title_fullStr | A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan |
| title_short | A Monophonemic Analysis of Prenasalized Consonants in Saramaccan |
| title_sort | monophonemic analysis of prenasalized consonants in saramaccan |
| topic | saramaccan prenasalized stops monophonemic clusters onsets sonority |
| url | http://www.acblpe.com/revista/volume-4-2013/a-monophonemic-analysis-of-prenasalized-consonants-in-saramaccan |
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