A study of Taiwanese suffix -a53: An integrated autosegmental analysis
This study explores phonological processes triggered by the suffix -a53 when it is attached to a monosyllabic stem (e.g., /ap-a/ ˜box, /kim-a/ gold, /i-a/ chair, /tshiu-a/ ˜tree, /e-a/ shoe, /-a/ taro, /a-a/ duckling, etc.). Specifically, three areas were investigated: tonal behavior, segmental beha...
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oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:etd_doctoral-11512022-12-17T01:55:32Z A study of Taiwanese suffix -a53: An integrated autosegmental analysis Lin, Ping-yu This study explores phonological processes triggered by the suffix -a53 when it is attached to a monosyllabic stem (e.g., /ap-a/ ˜box, /kim-a/ gold, /i-a/ chair, /tshiu-a/ ˜tree, /e-a/ shoe, /-a/ taro, /a-a/ duckling, etc.). Specifically, three areas were investigated: tonal behavior, segmental behavior, and nasality behavior. Based on Goldsmithâ (1976) autosegmental theory, this paper proposes an integrated autosegmental framework (which emphasizes the role of a juncture position) to systematically describe the three phonological behaviors. Thirteen (13) native elder speakers of Taiwanese were recruited (through snowball sampling) to identify objects presented in 15 photographs. Their voices were recorded and subjected to spectrographic analysis. Results indicate that a short but sonorant transition sound (or tone) occurred in the morpheme boundaries of -a53 attached words. That is, in the tonal behavior, a transition tone was produced to occupy the juncture position of the morpheme boundary in the segmental behavior, a transition sound was produced to occupy the juncture position and in the nasality behavior, the nasality feature spread to nasalize the suffix -a. As a result, suffixation words can be pronounced in a continuous manner without a juncture between the two morphemes. 2006-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/152 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/1151/viewcontent/CDTG004238_P.pdf Dissertations English Animo Repository Autosegmental theory (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general—Phonology Chinese language -- Suffixes and prefixes. Linguistics |
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This study explores phonological processes triggered by the suffix -a53 when it is attached to a monosyllabic stem (e.g., /ap-a/ ˜box, /kim-a/ gold, /i-a/ chair, /tshiu-a/ ˜tree, /e-a/ shoe, /-a/ taro, /a-a/ duckling, etc.). Specifically, three areas were investigated: tonal behavior, segmental behavior, and nasality behavior. Based on Goldsmithâ (1976) autosegmental theory, this paper proposes an integrated autosegmental framework (which emphasizes the role of a juncture position) to systematically describe the three phonological behaviors. Thirteen (13) native elder speakers of Taiwanese were recruited (through snowball sampling) to identify objects presented in 15 photographs. Their voices were recorded and subjected to spectrographic analysis. Results indicate that a short but sonorant transition sound (or tone) occurred in the morpheme boundaries of -a53 attached words. That is, in the tonal behavior, a transition tone was produced to occupy the juncture position of the morpheme boundary in the segmental behavior, a transition sound was produced to occupy the juncture position and in the nasality behavior, the nasality feature spread to nasalize the suffix -a. As a result, suffixation words can be pronounced in a continuous manner without a juncture between the two morphemes. |
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