Phonology and Phonetics in Coatzospan Mixtec

Gerfen, Chip

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-2620-7

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“…Corresponding with this pattern are languages which only permit nonmodal phonation to occur on stressed syllables, as in Quileute (Powell & Woodruff 1976) and Coatzospan Mixtec (Gerfen 1999). Thongkum (1991) found that duration is not a strong correlate of the register contrast in Chong, with the exception of the breathy-tense register which is often shorter than the other registers.…”

Section: Acoustic Measuresmentioning

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The phonetics of register in Takhian Thong Chong

DiCanio¹

2009

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

101

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The Chong language uses a combination of different acoustic correlates to distinguish among its four contrastive registers (phonation types). Electroglottographic (EGG) and acoustic data were examined from original fieldwork on the Takhian Thong dialect. EGG data shows high open quotient (OQ) values for the breathy register, low OQ values for the tense register, intermediate OQ values for the modal register, and rapidly changing high to low OQ values for the breathy-tense register. Acoustic correlates indicate that H1-A3 best distinguishes between breathy and non-breathy phonation, but measures like H1-H2 and pitch are necessary to discriminate between tense and non-tense phonation. A comparison of spectral tilt and OQ measures shows the greatest correlation between OQ and H1-H2, suggesting that changes in the relative amplitude of frequencies in the upper spectrum are not directly related to changes in the open period of the glottal cycle. OQ is best correlated with changes in the degree of glottal tension.

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Section: Acoustic Measuresmentioning

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The phonetics of register in Takhian Thong Chong

DiCanio¹

2009

Journal of the International Phonetic Association

101

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“…As a consequence, perceptible achievement of either nasality or frication generally suffers in the production of nasalized fricatives. In an instrumental study of Coatzospan Mixtec, Gerfen (1996) finds that nasal airflow can be maintained during a voiceless coronal fricative with strongly audible frication, but the acoustic cues for nasalization are weak-the fricative is typically perceived as oral. On the other hand, in research on other languages it has been noted that nasalized voiced fricatives produced with clearly perceptible nasalization typically lose audible frication (Ohala 1975;Cohn 1993a;Ladefoged & Maddieson 1996).…”

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Reinterpreting transparency in nasal harmony

Walker¹

2003

The Phonological Spectrum

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“…Examples (18) [47][48][49][affix-Iowering] Tableaux 14-16 display the candidate evaluations on the range of constraint rankings possible during the early part of the EME period . The clause type generated (i.e.…”

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Optimality Theory and Language Change

Holt¹

2003

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

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Phonology and Phonetics in Coatzospan Mixtec

Cited by 29 publications

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The phonetics of register in Takhian Thong Chong

The phonetics of register in Takhian Thong Chong

Reinterpreting transparency in nasal harmony

Optimality Theory and Language Change

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