5/31/2023 0 Comments Sonority sequencing generalizationIt is argued that their structure is much more restricted than would be expected from the application of the phonotactic generalizations of Polish identified so far. consonantal sonorants that appear between two consonants of lower sonority, as in krwi ‘blood’ gen. This paper discusses the structure of consonant clusters in Polish involving so-called trapped sonorants in syllable onset, i.e. 1 Cmpl stands for ‘completive (aspect)’, 3s stands for ‘third person singular’, 1s stands for ‘first person singular’, Rel stands for ’relativized’, Pot stands for ‘potential (aspect)’, 1s.Obj stands for ‘first person singular object’, Fut stands for ‘future (aspect)’, Cont stands for ‘continuative (aspect)’, 1Incl stands for ‘first person plural, inclusive’, 3Anml stands for ‘third person (animal)’.The Sonority Sequencing Generalization and the Structure of Consonant Clusters with Trapped Sonorants in Polish 2.1.1 Tautomorhpemic initial consonant clusters Both SSP-adhering and -violating consonant clusters in CHO can be tautomorphemic 1. However, large violations, like glide+stop or liquid+stop onset clusters, are more rare and thus interesting typologically. It is not cross-linguistically unusual for small violations, like fricative-stop sequences, to occur. Namely, something lower on the scale (a stop, for example) should not be in C2 position if something higher on the scale (a liquid, say) appears in C1 position. Wright 2004 proposes the following sonority hierarchy: Vowels > Glides > Liquids > Nasals > Fricatives > Stops Based on this hierarchy, predictions can be made about what should and should not be allowed in C2 position. The more segments that separate an onset consonant from the nucleus, the less sonorous it is expected to be. Segments that are most sonorous (i.e., vowels) are universally preferred as syllable nuclei. Cross-linguistically, these principles are based on acoustic properties of segments, for example, energy in a speech signal or wideness of the vocal tract. ![]() 2 Description of phonotactics 2.1 Initial consonant clusters in Choapan Zapotec Word-initial consonant clusters in CHO can violate or adhere to sonority sequencing principles. I show that while SSPs do hold in CHO, they are utilized in ways that require us to rethink these principles, and various theories that relate to them. ![]() §2 will detail the phonotactic facts of Choapan, and §3 discusses some phonological theories that relate to these facts, especially with regards to the sonority hierarchy. Onset clusters in Choapan Zapotec (CHO) violate sonority sequencing principles (SSP) in theoretically problematic ways prohibitions in CHO against almost all types of coda consonants combine with these facts to create even more problems for current linguistic theory. Reconsidering the Split Margin Approach: Sonority sequencing principles in Choapan Zapotec Erin Donnelly 1 Introduction This paper will describe typologically unusual onset clusters in Choapan Zapotec, an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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