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Kinkade, M. Dale

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“…There is often a historical connection between nasals and stops. For example, in Lushootseed, nasals developed historically into voiced stops (Kinkade 1985, Urbanczyk 2001). While Lushootseed is one of the very few languages without nasal consonants in their core phonology, in certain special styles nasals replace voiced stops, ‘return[ing] to an earlier manner of articulation’ (Hess 1982: 92–93).…”

Section: The Position Of Nasals In the Sonority Hierarchymentioning

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Nasal consonants, sonority and syllable phonotactics: the dual nasal hypothesis

Krämer

Zec

2020

Phonology

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We investigate the phonotactic behaviour of nasal consonants in a database of over 200 languages. Our findings challenge the common classification of nasals as intermediate between obstruents and liquids on the sonority hierarchy. Instead, we propose that there are two types of nasal consonants, one group with lower sonority than liquids and one with higher sonority. We propose that these two types of nasals differ in the presence or absence of a value for the feature [±continuant].

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Section: The Position Of Nasals In the Sonority Hierarchymentioning

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Nasal consonants, sonority and syllable phonotactics: the dual nasal hypothesis

Krämer

Zec

2020

Phonology

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“…The more widely used English name Nitinat reflects the fact that the indigenous name used to be pronounced /ni:ti:nʔa:ʔtχ/. After the name was borrowed into English, Ditidaht /n/ changed to /d/ (Kinkade 1985).…”

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“…This is what happened with Ditidaht. Since the time of contact, /n/ has shifted to /d/ (Kinkade 1985). The English form with /n/ is not the result of an error; it reflects the pronounciation of the indigenous name when Europeans learned it.…”

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Some Good Reasons for Renaming Places, and Some not so Good Ones: a Cross-Cultural Sketch. In Honour of Canada’s 150th Birthday and the Year of Reconciliation

Schaarschmidt¹

2018

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First Nations languages are referred to by an often puzzling variety of names. Many people are confused by the fact that apparently authoritative sources differ in the names they use. This paper provides details on the names of the languages of British Columbia and their origin, explains the factors underlying variation in nomenclature, debunks some of the mythology that has arisen, and makes suggestions for appropriate usage.

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“…See Bühler (1931) for a critique of the Herbartian basis of Trubetzkoy's early work. 11) According to Parks (1976:15) Kinkade (1985) and Bates et al (1994). Hale's (1885) article in their correspondence, and Boas did not refer to it in his publications (see also Wells 1974).…”

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Franz Boas’ Theory of Phonetics

Mackert

1994

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SummaryFranz Boas’ (1858–1942) Statements on phonetics can only be appreciated adequately if they are read against the background of 19th-century experimental psychology, acoustics, physiology, and psychophysics. This paper demonstrates that Boas adhered to a theory of phonetics which included a physical and a psychological component. The former component was informed by contemporary ideas on phonetics put forward by Hermann Helmholtz (1821–1894), Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), Hermann Paul (1846–1921), and Mikołaj Kruszewski (1851–1887). Within this component, Boas included the production of speech sounds, their acoustical nature, and the mechanical workings of the ear. For Boas, speech-sounds were averages consisting of groups of oscillations which gave each sound its peculiar character. The ear analyzed speech-sounds into their component groups of oscillations, and the resulting sensations were individually transmitted into consciousness. The psychological component of Boas’ theory was influenced by Gustav Fechner’s (1801–1887) psychophysics, and it was initially based on Herbartian psychology. This second component included mental representations (Vorstellungen) of sounds, the process of apperception, and Fechner’s law of thresholds (Schwellengesetz). Boas’ theory presupposed a model of the mind as machine in which the ear was seen as a mechanical extension of the mind. Within this mechanical model of the mind, the recognition of speech-sounds was deterministically governed by the law of thresholds and the process of apperception. The interaction of the law of thresholds with the process of apperception was responsible for the phenomenon of alternating sounds. With the help of his theory, Boas countered positions which considered such seemingly fluctuating sounds as the hallmark of ‘primitive’ languages. In order to distance himself from Heymann Steinthal’s (1823–1899) Eurocentric linguistics, which was rooted in the Herbartian tradition, Boas later abandoned his Herbartian framework in favor of an associationist theory of psychology.

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Nasal consonants, sonority and syllable phonotactics: the dual nasal hypothesis

Nasal consonants, sonority and syllable phonotactics: the dual nasal hypothesis

Some Good Reasons for Renaming Places, and Some not so Good Ones: a Cross-Cultural Sketch. In Honour of Canada’s 150th Birthday and the Year of Reconciliation

Franz Boas’ Theory of Phonetics

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