Historical Phonology of Old Indo-Aryan Consonants
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The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology
This page intentionally left blank The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology Phonology – the study of how the sounds of speech are represented in our minds – is one of the core areas of linguistic theory, and is central to the study of human language. This state-of-the-art handbook brings together the world’s leading experts in phonology to present the most comprehensive and detailed overview of the field to date. Focusing on the most recent research and the most influential theories, the authors discuss each of the central issues in phonological theory, explore a variety of empirical phenomena, and show how phonology interacts with other aspects of language such as syntax, morph- ology, phonetics, and language acquisition. Providing a one-stop guide to every aspect of this important field, The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology will serve as an invaluable source of readings for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, an informative overview for linguists, and a useful starting point for anyone beginning phonological research. PAUL DE LACY is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University. His publications include Markedness: Reduction and Preservation in Phonology (Cambridge University Press, 2006). The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology Edited by Paul de Lacy CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521848794 © Cambridge University Press 2007 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. -
The Phonetics of Contrastive Phonation in Gujarati$
Journal of Phonetics ] (]]]]) ]]]–]]] Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Phonetics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/phonetics The phonetics of contrastive phonation in Gujarati$ Sameer ud Dowla Khan n Department of Linguistics, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR 97202-8199, USA article info abstract Article history: The current study examines (near-)minimal pairs of breathy and modal phonation produced by ten Received 20 December 2011 native speakers of Gujarati in connected speech, across different vowel qualities and separated by nine Received in revised form equal timepoints of vowel duration. The results identify five spectral measures (i.e. H1–H2, H2–H4, 3 July 2012 H1–A1, H1–A2, H1–A3), four noise measures (i.e. cepstral peak prominence and three measures of Accepted 9 July 2012 harmonics-to-noise ratio), and one electroglottographic measure (i.e. CQ) as reliable indicators of breathy phonation, revealing a considerably larger inventory of cues to breathy phonation than what had previously been reported for the language. Furthermore, while the spectral measures are consistently distinct for breathy and modal vowels when averaging across timepoints, the efficacy of the four noise measures in distinguishing phonation categories is localized to the midpoint of the vowel’s duration. This indicates that the magnitude of breathiness, especially in terms of aperiodicity, changes as a function of time. The current study supports that breathy voice in Gujarati is a dynamic, multidimensional -
1985 Commencement Program, University Archives, University Of
UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Two Hundred Twenty-Ninth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER CONVENTION HALL Monday, May 20, 1985 Guests will find this diagram helpful in locating the Contents on the opposite page under Degrees in approximate seating of the degree candidates. The Course. Reference to the paragraph on page seven seating roughly corresponds to the order by school describing the colors of the candidates' hoods ac- in which the candidates for degrees are presented, cording to their fields of study may further assist beginning at top left with the College of Arts and guests in placing the locations of the various Sciences. The actual sequence is shown in the schools. Contents Page Seating Diagram of the Graduating Students 2 The Commencement Ceremony 4 Commencement Notes 6 Degrees in Course 8 • The College of Arts and Sciences 8 The College of General Studies 16 The School of Engineering and Applied Science 17 The Wharton School 25 The Wharton Evening School 29 The Wharton Graduate Division 31 The School of Nursing 35 The School of Medicine 38 v The Law School 39 3 The Graduate School of Fine Arts 41 ,/ The School of Dental Medicine 44 The School of Veterinary Medicine 45 • The Graduate School of Education 46 The School of Social Work 48 The Annenberg School of Communications 49 3The Graduate Faculties 49 Certificates 55 General Honors Program 55 Dental Hygiene 55 Advanced Dental Education 55 Social Work 56 Education 56 Fine Arts 56 Commissions 57 Army 57 Navy 57 Principal Undergraduate Academic Honor Societies 58 Faculty Honors 60 Prizes and Awards 64 Class of 1935 70 Events Following Commencement 71 The Commencement Marshals 72 Academic Honors Insert The Commencement Ceremony MUSIC Valley Forge Military Academy and Junior College Regimental Band DALE G. -
Weakening Processes in the Optimality Framework K.G.Vijayakrishnan1 0
1 Weakening Processes in the Optimality Framework K.G.Vijayakrishnan1 0. Introduction Processes of weakening may be subsumed under two heads namely, the loss of marked feature specifications such as voicing, aspiration, place specification or even the loss of an entire segment, and lenition, exemplifying processes such as voicing, spirantization and sonorization. This paper is an attempt at an analysis of both types of consonantal weakening in the framework of Optimality Theory (henceforth OT). In section 1 we take up the phenomenon of weakening as the loss of feature specification and propose an analysis in terms of prosodic alignment and featural markedness. Section 2 examines lenition in Tamil and proposes a universal constraint ‘Harmonic Sonorancy’ which explains the process as an assimilatory tendency to increase the sonority of consonants in the neighbourhood of sonorants. 1. Weakening as loss of marked feature specification The loss of marked feature specification is the converse of licensing of marked feature specification in prosodically strong positions. Extending the approach to licensing in Smolensky (1995) and Zoll (1998), we show that the distribution of marked feature specification can be accounted for in terms of alignment to prosodic categories. The loss of marked feature specification is widely attested in the following prosodically weak positions. (1) Loss of Marked Feature Specification in Prosodically Weak Positions a) syllable coda well-known examples coda devoicing in German, Dutch, Polish, Catalan lesser known example coda deaspiration in standard colloquial Bangla Standard colloquial Bangla i. lab ~ labher ‘profit ~ genetive’ ii. ghOr‘house’ iii. ciæhi ‘letter’ b) onset of non-head syllables well-known example lack of aspiration of voiceless stops in English lesser known examples lack of aspiration in non-initial stops in the Adilabad dialect of Gondi (Subrahmanian 1968), the Hooghli dialect of Bangla (Ghosh 1995); in both cases aspiration is distinctive in voiceless and voiced stops. -
The History of Cartography, Volume 2
15 · Introduction to South Asian Cartography JOSEPH E. SCHWARTZBERG In terms of surviving numbers of maps, and in some ways and execution derive almost solely from European or in map quality as well, the premodern cartographic other modern models. achievements of South Asia pale by comparison with When I use the term "Indian" in this section, I do not those of the neighboring regions of the Islamic world and refer only to the area of the present-day Republic of India East Asia. That this should be so is a matter for wonder, but include the whole of the Indian subcontinent, includ given India's major contributions to astronomy, geom ing Sri Lanka, other nearby islands, and an indeterminate etry, and other branches of mathematics and the remark penumbra of adjacent mountainous terrain within the ably creative exuberance of its culture. Although there cultural orbit of India (fig. 15.2). There are also times are grounds to suppose that Indians produced maps for when I shall refer to an even wider Indic cultural realm various purposes for roughly two millennia before the that would include the more or less Indianized cultures advent of the Portuguese-and possibly over a consid of mainland and insular Southeast Asia (modern Myan erably longer period-virtually nothing in the way of mar [Burma], Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, and ancient cartography survives. In fact, apart from some much of Indonesia) and the vast region of southwestern incised potsherds of the second or first century B.C. that China inhabited by Tibetans, an area substantially larger bear rough plans of monasteries and a few ancient sculp than the present Tibetan Autonomous Region. -
Detecting Pre-Modern Lexical Influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia
Archipel Études interdisciplinaires sur le monde insulindien 89 | 2015 Varia Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia Détecter l’influence du lexique pré‑moderne de l’Inde du Sud en Asie du Sud-Est maritime. Tom Hoogervorst Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/archipel/490 DOI: 10.4000/archipel.490 ISSN: 2104-3655 Publisher Association Archipel Printed version Date of publication: 15 April 2015 Number of pages: 63-93 ISBN: 978-2-910513-72-6 ISSN: 0044-8613 Electronic reference Tom Hoogervorst, “Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia”, Archipel [Online], 89 | 2015, Online since 15 June 2017, connection on 05 March 2021. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/archipel/490 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.490 Association Archipel EMPRUNTS ET RÉINTERPRÉTATIONS TOM HOOGERVORST1 Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia2 Introduction In the mid-19th century, the famous Malacca-born language instructor Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir documented the following account in his autobiography Hikayat Abdullah (Munšī 1849): “[…] my father sent me to a teacher to learn Tamil, an Indian language, because it had been the custom from the time of our forefathers in Malacca for all the children of good and well-to-do families to learn it. It was useful for doing computations and accounts, and for purposes of conversation because at that time Malacca was crowded with Indian merchants. Many were the men who had become rich by trading in Malacca, so much so that the names of Tamil traders had become famous. -
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Prefix
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Prefix independence: typology and theory A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Linguistics by Noah Eli Elkins 2020 © Copyright by Noah Eli Elkins 2020 ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS Prefix independence: typology and theory by Noah Eli Elkins Master of Arts in Linguistics University of California, Los Angeles, 2020 Professor Bruce Hayes, Co-Chair Professor Kie Zuraw, Co-Chair The prefix-suffix asymmetry is an imbalance in the application of phonological processes whereby prefixes are less phonologically cohering to their roots than suffixes. This thesis presents a large- scale typological survey of processes which are sensitive to this asymmetry. Results suggest that prefixes’ relative phonological aloofness (independence) constitutes a widespread and robust generalization, perhaps more so than previously realized. In terms of analysis, I argue that the key concept is the special prominence of initial syllables, supported by much evidence from phonetics, psycholinguistics, and phonology itself. My formal treatment consists of constraint families that serve to support such prominence. I propose that a highly-ranked CRISPEDGE constraint (Itô & Mester 1999) relativized to the left edge of root-initial syllables can account for much of the typological data. This proposal rests on the fact that root-initial syllables constitute a privileged position in phonological grammars (e.g. ii Beckman 1998, Becker et al. 2012), and so to maximize the efficacy of the root-initial percept, segments are hesitant to share their features leftward to target prefixes – and vice versa – as this would blur the strong root-initial boundary. -
An Assessment of Tamil Phonology Acquisition in Second Language Learning Context
44 International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Education Vol 5/Dec 2015 ISSN 2232-1926 An Assessment of Tamil Phonology Acquisition in Second Language Learning Context Kaaminy Kanapathy Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjong Malim, Perak email: [email protected] Abstract Second language acquisition, or sequential language acquisition, is learning a second language after a first language is already established (Krashen, 1981). The field of second language, L2 acquisition research always has been associated to understand the underpinnings of second language grammars and the factors that influence the development of those grammars. While this is a wide ranging area of interest, this paper emphasis on the common patterns of grammars of Tamil as second language in particular to phonological acquisition. It is unknown whether it could be easier for a learner of a non-quantity language to Tamil quantity if this feature would instead delay or disturb the acquisition. Therefore, the current research assess the acquisition of Tamil phonology Tamil by the Malay learners. A clear asymmetric pattern of acquisition between both the tests emerged that the subjects were able to acquire the non-identical Tamil phonology from Malay by sound than the form or structure. This is because, majority of the subjects were found that they are able to identify by sound the correct form or structure of the two vowels /ai/ and /ao/ though these vowels are not available or identical in L1. In contrast to this, majority of the subjects were not able to give a correct response to these vowels in the oral test. -
Morphophonology of Magahi
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064 SJIF (2019): 7.583 Morphophonology of Magahi Saloni Priya Jawaharlal Nehru University, SLL & CS, New Delhi, India Salonipriya17[at]gmail.com Abstract: Every languages has different types of word formation processes and each and every segment of morphology has a sound. The following paper is concerned with the sound changes or phonemic changes that occur during the word formation process in Magahi. Magahi is an Indo- Aryan Language spoken in eastern parts of Bihar and also in some parts of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The term Morphophonology refers to the interaction of word formation with the sound systems of a language. The paper finds out the phonetic rules interacting with the morphology of lexicons of Magahi. The observations shows that he most frequent morphophonological process are Sandhi, assimilation, Metathesis and Epenthesis. Whereas, the process of Dissimilation, Lenition and Fortition are very Uncommon in nature. Keywords: Morphology, Phonology, Sound Changes, Word formation process, Magahi, Words, Vowels, Consonants 1. Introduction 3.1 The Sources of Magahi Glossary Morphophonology refers to the interaction between Magahi has three kind of vocabulary sources; morphological and phonological or its phonetic processes. i) In the first category, it has those lexemes which has The aim of this paper is to give a detailed account on the been processed or influenced by Sanskrit, Prakrit, sound changes that take place in morphemes, when they Apbhransh, ect. Like, combine to form new words in the language. धमम> ध륍म> धरम, स셍म> सꥍ셍> सााँ셍 ii) In the second category, it has those words which are 2. -
Mon-Khmer Studies Volume 41
MMoonn--KKhhmmeerr SSttuuddiieess VOLUME 43 The journal of Austroasiatic languages and cultures 1964—2014 50 years of MKS Copyright vested with the authors Released under Creative Commons Attribution License Volume 43 Editors: Paul Sidwell Brian Migliazza ISSN: 0147-5207 Website: http://mksjournal.org Published by: Mahidol University (Thailand) SIL International (USA) Contents Issue 43.1 Editor’s Preface iii Michel FERLUS Arem, a Vietic Language. 1-15 Hiram RING Nominalization in Pnar. 16-23 Elizabeth HALL Impact of Tai Lue on Muak Sa-aak phonology. 24-30 Rujiwan LAOPHAIROJ Conceptual metaphors of Vietnamese taste terms. 31-46 Paul SIDWELL Khmuic classification and homeland. 47-56 Mathias JENNY Transitivity and affectedness in Mon. 57-71 J. MAYURI, Karumuri .V. SUBBARAO, Martin EVERAERT and G. Uma Maheshwar RAO Some syntactic aspects of lexical anaphors in select Munda Languages. 72-83 Stephen SELF Another look at serial verb constructions in Khmer. 84-102 V. R. RAJASINGH Interrogation in Muöt. 103-123 Issue 43.2 Suwilai PREMSRIRAT, Kenneth GREGERSON Fifty Years of Mon-Khmer Studies i-iv Anh-Thư T. NGUYỄN Acoustic correlates of rhythmic structure of Vietnamese narrative speech. 1-7 P. K. Choudhary Agreement in Ho 8-16 ii Editors’ Preface The 5th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL5) was held at the Australian National University (ANU) over September 4-5, 2013. The meeting was run in conjunction with the 19th Annual Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS19), organised locally by Paul Sidwell and Gwendolyn Hyslop. The meetings were made possible by support provided by the following at ANU: Department of Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific Research School of Asia Pacific School of Culture, History and Language Tibetan Cultural Area Network Some 21 papers were read over two days at the ICAAL meeting, nine of which have found their way into this special issue of MKS. -
Of Arts by Research
University of Huddersfield Repository Fadia, Safiyyah The influence of Gujarati on the VOT of English stops Original Citation Fadia, Safiyyah (2018) The influence of Gujarati on the VOT of English stops. Masters thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34521/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ Safiyyah Fadia THE INFLUENCE OF GUJARATI ON THE VOT OF ENGLISH STOPS Safiyyah Fadia Thesis submitted to the University of Huddersfield for the degree of Master of Arts by Research October 2017 1 Safiyyah Fadia ABSTRACT This thesis is an acoustic study of three generations of women from the Gujarati-English community in Batley, West Yorkshire (United Kingdom). The literature pertaining to Gujarati is very limited, hence this thesis aims to solve some unanswered queries regarding our understanding of the influence of Gujarati on English stop productions. -
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REP.ORT RESUMES ED 010 471 48 LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDY PROGRAMSIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. BY MOSES, LARRY OUR. OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH, WASHINGTON, 0.Ce REPORT NUMBER NDEA VI -34 PUB DATE 64 EDRS PRICEMF40.27HC $7.08 177P. DESCRIPTORS *LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, *AREA STUDIES, *HIGHER EDUCATION, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, COURSES, *NATIONAL SURVEYS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, NEAR EAST, WESTERN EUROPE, SOVIET UNION, EASTERN EUROPE . LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDY PROGRAMS OFFERED IN 1964 BY UNITED STATES INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ARE LISTEDFOR THE AREAS OF (1) AFRICA, (2) ASIA,(3) LATIN AMERICA, (4) NEAR EAST,(5) SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE, AND (6) WESTERN EUROPE. INSTITUTIONS OFFERING BOTH GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIESARE ALPHABETIZED BY AREA CATEGORY, AND PROGRAM INFORMATIONON EACH INSTITUTION IS PRESENTED, INCLUDINGFACULTY, DEGREES OFFERED, REGIONAL FOCUS, LANGUAGE COURSES,AREA COURSES, LIBRARY FACILITIES, AND.UNIQUE PROGRAMFEATURES. (LP) -,...- r-4 U.,$. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,EDUCATION AND WELFARE I.: 3 4/ N- , . Office of Education Th,0 document has been. reproducedexactly as received from the petson or organization originating it. Pointsof View or opinions CD st4ted do not necessarily representofficial Office of EdUcirtion?' ri pdpition or policy. CD c.3 LANGUAGEAND AREA "Ai STUDYPROGRAMS IN AMERICAN VERSITIES EXTERNAL RESEARCHSTAFF DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1964 ti This directory was supported in part by contract withtheU.S. Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.