A Case for the Phonetic Feature [Tongue]
| dc.contributor.author | Mwihaki, A. N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-10T09:41:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-10T09:41:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description | DOI:10.1080/02572117.2004.10587222 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Based on the autosegmental principles of phonemic licensing, this article argues a case for the phonetic feature [tongue] to function as a cover label for all true consonants that are articulated with a tongue stricture. The case evolves from a qualitative analysis of two strategies of the adaptation of Gîkûyû loanwords from English: vocalic epenthesis and velar softening. Vocalic epenthesis is an assimilation strategy which focuses on the front high vowel, /i/. This vowel is regularly inserted in the environment of the true [+con.-voc.] consonants, which are also articulated with a tongue stricture. Unlike the back vowels /u/ and /o/ which regularly occur in the environments of labials and the liquid respectively, the constraint of /i/ epenthesis is not generalizable by any set of recognized phonetic features. Velar softening concerns a foregrounding of Dahl's Law of Dissimilation in the Gîkûyû phonological structure. This strategy defines the suppletion of the back voiceless plosive, /k/, to the homorganic voiced fricative, /γ/, in the environment of the voiceless obstruents of the tongue stricture. Once again, it seems impossible to capture a definitive constraint of the suppletion process by reference to the current set of phonetic features. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | South African Journal of African Languages Volume 24, Issue 1, 2004 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0257-2117 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 2305-1159 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02572117.2004.10587222 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/11219 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | National Inquiry Services Centre | en_US |
| dc.title | A Case for the Phonetic Feature [Tongue] | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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