Abstract
Welsh is described as having two series of nasals, a voiced series [m, n, n], and a voiceless series, transcribed as [m, n, n)] or [mh, nh, r)h]. In this paper, I give a synchronic analysis of the nasals and argue that the second series are phonologically sequences of a nasal followed by [h], I.e. [mh, nh, nh]. Moreover, I show that the properties and distribution of these consonants all follow from this assumption. The argument for the analysis comes from: phonetics, the distribution of the mutation system, syllabification, the distribution of [h], poetry, and dialect data.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 31-60 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Journal of Celtic Linguistics |
| Volume | 20 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
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Voiceless nasals in Welsh. / Hammond, Michael.
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N2 - Welsh is described as having two series of nasals, a voiced series [m, n, n], and a voiceless series, transcribed as [m, n, n)] or [mh, nh, r)h]. In this paper, I give a synchronic analysis of the nasals and argue that the second series are phonologically sequences of a nasal followed by [h], I.e. [mh, nh, nh]. Moreover, I show that the properties and distribution of these consonants all follow from this assumption. The argument for the analysis comes from: phonetics, the distribution of the mutation system, syllabification, the distribution of [h], poetry, and dialect data.
AB - Welsh is described as having two series of nasals, a voiced series [m, n, n], and a voiceless series, transcribed as [m, n, n)] or [mh, nh, r)h]. In this paper, I give a synchronic analysis of the nasals and argue that the second series are phonologically sequences of a nasal followed by [h], I.e. [mh, nh, nh]. Moreover, I show that the properties and distribution of these consonants all follow from this assumption. The argument for the analysis comes from: phonetics, the distribution of the mutation system, syllabification, the distribution of [h], poetry, and dialect data.
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