LING2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Consonant Harmony, Gemination, Multilinear Map
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
LECTURE 20
COMPLEX SEGMENTS
-The nature of the segment
•If tone association does not match up one-to-one with segments, it raises the possibility that other
phonetic properties can be analysed in the same way
•The result is that the segment as position-in-a-word is distinguished from the tone and other
phonetic properties that are realised at that position in the word
•Generalising from tone,
-Specification for a given phonetic property (ex/ [+round]) may be relatively independent of the
segment positions in a word:
•A single feature specification may hold over more than one position in a word, and
•More than one value of some feature may hold within a single segment
-Association lines between tiers express how the instructions on each tier are co-ordinated with
each other
-Other phenomena
•In this analysis, these tone phenomena share some aspects with:
-Length (long vs short) of vowels/consonants
•Behaviour of geminate consonants
-(Sequential) complex sounds
•Ex/ affricates and diphthongs
-Assimilation
•Including vowel and consonant harmony
-Some types of apparent metathesis (ab > ba)
•An analytical approach is generally preferred if it provides a simple and coherent account of a
superficially diverse range of phenomena
-Long sounds and complex sounds
•1.Long vowels and long consonants
•Often also seen as a sequence of identical elements
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Document Summary
Association lines between tiers express how the instructions on each tier are co-ordinated with each other. Other phenomena: in this analysis, these tone phenomena share some aspects with: Length (long vs short) of vowels/consonants: behaviour of geminate consonants (sequential) complex sounds, ex/ affricates and diphthongs. Assimilation: including vowel and consonant harmony. Some types of apparent metathesis (ab > ba: an analytical approach is generally preferred if it provides a simple and coherent account of a super cially diverse range of phenomena. Long sounds and complex sounds: 1. long vowels and long consonants, often also seen as a sequence of identical elements. A: = aa: the geminate analysis (cf. gemini twins") The multilinear approach allow us to separate the quality from the quantity: a single phonetic speci cation extending over two timing slots, 2. Affricates are a single complex consonant consisting of a stop phase followed by a fricative phase, ex/ [t ]
