Grounded constraints and the consonants of Setswana

Gouskova, Maria; Zsiga, Elizabeth C.; Boyer, One Tlale

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2011.09.003

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“…The uvular affricate /qX/ has been characterized in some previous work as an aspirated uvular plosive /qʰ/ (Chebanne et al 1997, University of Botswana 2001, or as an aspirated velar affricate /kxʰ/ (Doke 1954, Cole 1955, IPA 2010, Gouskova et al 2011 In our data, the release of this consonant seems fricated rather than just aspirated, though. The quality of the interval between the burst and the following vowel is much more like the fricative /X/ than the aspiration following stops (and it may involve the same trilling as /X/; the included recording of [ŋq͡ ʀ̥ ɔ] 'water pot' illustrates this very clearly).…”

Section: The Status Of the Uvular Consonantssupporting

confidence: 44%

“…a trilled articulation. 4 Most previous descriptions (generally based on other varieties of Setswana) describe the phoneme /X/ as a velar fricative /x/ rather than uvular (Doke 1954, Cole 1955, IPA 2010, Gouskova, Zsiga & Tlale Boyer 2011. It is cognate with aspirated velar stops in related languages (compare /aXa/ 'build' with Xhosa /akʰa/).…”

Section: The Status Of the Uvular Consonantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Setswana (South African)

Bennett

Diemer

Kerford

et al. 2016

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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Setswana (also known as ‘Tswana’ or, more archaically, ‘Chuana’ or ‘Sechuana’) is a Bantu language (group S.30; ISO code tsn) spoken by an estimated four million people in South Africa. There are a further one million or more speakers in Botswana, where it is the dominant national language, and a smaller number of speakers in Namibia. The recordings accompanying this article were mostly produced with a 21-year-old male speaker from the area of Taung, North-West province, South Africa. Some of the accompanying recordings are of a 23-year-old female speaker from Kuruman (approximately 150 km west of Taung). The observations reported here are based on consulting with both these speakers, as well as a third speaker, from Kimberley. All three were speakers of South African Setswana varieties. For discussion of some differences between these varieties and more Northern and Eastern Setswana dialects – including those spoken in Botswana – see (Doke 1954, Cole 1955, University of Botswana 2001).

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Section: The Status Of the Uvular Consonantssupporting

confidence: 44%

Section: The Status Of the Uvular Consonantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Setswana (South African)

Bennett

Diemer

Kerford

et al. 2016

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

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“…We will analyze these 'sequences' formally as complex segments (see 6.4.2). NC phonology is governed by two well-documented preferences: postnasal obstruents tend to be voiced and [-continuant] (Clements 1987;Steriade 1993;Padgett 1994;Pater 1996;1999;Gouskova, et al 2011;Halpert 2012). We encode these requirements as separate constraints, formulated in 14and (15).…”

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Tundra Nenets consonant sandhi as coalescence

Staroverov

Kavitskaya

2017

The Linguistic Review

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Consonant cluster simplification in Tundra Nenets coexists with other consonantal alternations, such as fricative strengthening, lenition of stops, and a variety of NC-effects, which all apply within the same phrasal domain. These processes interact with each other, suggesting an opaque ordering within the same post-lexical domain and thus presenting a challenge not only for inherently parallel theories like classical Optimality Theory, but also for the cyclic derivational approaches such as Stratal OT. We analyze all instances of Tundra Nenets cluster simplification as coalescence and show that a variety of apparently opaque alternations accompanying cluster simplification can be seen as transparent on this account. We also argue that strengthening in consonant clusters is caused by an intermediate stage where coda obstruents lose their place and turn into a glottal stop.

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“…These effects will be analyzed in more detail in Section 5.4, where we propose that nasals form complex segments together with a following obstruent. The phonology of such sequences (or complex segments) is governed by two relatively well-documented preferences: postnasal obstruents tend to be voiced and [-continuant] (Clements 1987;Steriade 1993;Padgett 1994;Pater 1996;1999;Gouskova, et al 2011;Halpert 2012). We encode these requirements as separate constraints, formulated in (13) and (14).…”

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Stratal OT and Underspecification: Evidence from Tundra Nenets

Staroverov¹,

Kavitskaya

2016

AMP

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Tundra Nenets exhibits many consonantal alternations, such as cluster simplification, place loss, lenition, and a variety of NC-effects, which combine transparent and opaque interactions within the same phrasal domain of application. To reconcile the Tundra Nenets data within Stratal OT, we assume abstract autosegmental representations, relying on underspecification and hierarchical organization of features. The analysis incorporates the proposal of McCarthy (2008) that consonant cluster simplification starts with place loss. Apparent opaque deletion mappings are reanalyzed as coalescence within the correspondence theory (McCarthy and Prince 1995; 1999). The analysis unifies Tundra Nenets consonant cluster alternations and assumes only one surface glottal stop.

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Grounded constraints and the consonants of Setswana

Cited by 13 publications

References 46 publications

Setswana (South African)

Setswana (South African)

Tundra Nenets consonant sandhi as coalescence

Stratal OT and Underspecification: Evidence from Tundra Nenets

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