Right-Edge Phonological Phenomena in Kaqchikel

Nelson, Brett C.

Right-Edge Phonological Phenomena in Kaqchikel

dc.contributor.author	Nelson, Brett C.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-20T06:19:04Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-20T06:19:04Z
dc.date.issued	2020-11-19
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines a slew of phonological phenomena that occur at the right edge of the prosodic word in Kaqchikel (cak), a Mayan language of Guatemala spoken by about 400,000 people (Heaton & Xoyón, 2016). Based on previous phonological work by Brown, Maxwell, & Little (2006) and Bennett (2018), I first introduce the phonemic inventory (22 consonants, 10 vowels) and prosodic structure of Kaqchikel, with the latter being composed of primarily stress-final, recursive prosodic words, and intonational prominence on the right-edge of the phrase. This is followed by a review of Bennett’s (2016b) discussion of the Kaqchikel tense-lax distinction in vowels, which only surfaces in stressed (word-final) syllables. Thus, an underlying lax vowel { ɪ ɛ ǝ ɔ ʊ } surfaces as its corresponding tense vowel { i e a o u } in any unstressed syllable. I next discuss final aspiration of stops, and then spirantization of final sonorants, unifying them as a process of epenthesis of a [spread glottis] feature at the right edge of the word. Each phenomenon individually shows that the right-edge is a position of particular prominence in Kaqchikel; all together they demonstrate it is one ripe for future (and current) exploration into their acoustic correlates and their higher-level prosodic and morpho-syntactic implications.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38396
dc.identifier.issn	2371-2643
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112765
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.department	School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en_US
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0	en_US
dc.subject	Linguistics	en_US
dc.subject	phonology	en_US
dc.subject	allophony	en_US
dc.subject	aspiration	en_US
dc.subject	spirantization	en_US
dc.subject	spread glottis	en_US
dc.subject	tense/lax	en_US
dc.subject	right-edge	en_US
dc.subject	Kaqchikel
dc.title	Right-Edge Phonological Phenomena in Kaqchikel	en_US
dc.type	journal article	en_US
dc.type	working paper	en_US
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