Domains and prominence in nasal harmonizationof Maxakalí loanwords
Mário Coelho da Silva, Andrew Nevins, James White
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Agradecimentos: We thank audiences at GLOW 41 (April 2018, Budapest), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,University of Sheffield, theIJALeditors, associate editor, and anonymous reviewers, and MichaelBecker, Adam Singerman, and Leo Wetzels for comments. Special thanks are due to Joshua Ho,who...
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Agradecimentos: We thank audiences at GLOW 41 (April 2018, Budapest), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,University of Sheffield, theIJALeditors, associate editor, and anonymous reviewers, and MichaelBecker, Adam Singerman, and Leo Wetzels for comments. Special thanks are due to Joshua Ho,who assisted in coding the data and in implementing the MaxEnt model
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Abstract: We examine the patterns of loanword adaptation in Maxakalí, a Macro-Jê language ofBrazil, in importing loans from Brazilian Portuguese, with respect to the introduction of na-sality and nasal harmony, based on a corpus of 18 speakers. Employing MaxEnt modeling ofquantitative trends enabled...
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Abstract: We examine the patterns of loanword adaptation in Maxakalí, a Macro-Jê language ofBrazil, in importing loans from Brazilian Portuguese, with respect to the introduction of na-sality and nasal harmony, based on a corpus of 18 speakers. Employing MaxEnt modeling ofquantitative trends enabled the comparison and analysis of certain recurrent trends, even ifnot exceptionless, and the potentially additive effects of their interaction. The results revealthat nasal harmonization, modeled as set of markedness constraints, is greatly enforced withinsyllable rimes, and strongly enforced within syllables, but shows little role for syllable-to-syllable harmony, demonstrating that harmonization is preferred within tighter prosodic do-mains. Word-initial consonants always retain their nasality or orality from Portuguese, andstressed vowels always preserve their nasality. These latter effects uphold the role of prom-inent positions in maintaining contrasts within loanword phonology. The overall patterns ofloanword harmonizationfind convergence with certain characteristics within Maxakalí pho-nology itself
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/707247
Texto completo: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/707247
Domains and prominence in nasal harmonizationof Maxakalí loanwords
Mário Coelho da Silva, Andrew Nevins, James White
Domains and prominence in nasal harmonizationof Maxakalí loanwords
Mário Coelho da Silva, Andrew Nevins, James White
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International journal of american linguistics v. 86, n. 2, p. 285-321, abr. 2020 |