Phonological characterization of the vocalic segments in Prata - MG
This article discusses the phonological characterization of vocalic segments through distinctive features, following a specification of features according to a more traditional approach. The features [high] and [ATR] are used to establish a distinction between mid vowels. Only [-ATR] is responsible...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositorio: | Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/25148 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/25148 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | distinctive features vowels phonology Optimality Theory traços distintivos vogais fonologia Teoria da Otimalidade Fonologia |
| Resumo: | This article discusses the phonological characterization of vocalic segments through distinctive features, following a specification of features according to a more traditional approach. The features [high] and [ATR] are used to establish a distinction between mid vowels. Only [-ATR] is responsible for identifying a common group between low-mid vowels and the low vowel. The data collected in the city of Prata, located in the Triângulo Mineiro region, Brazil, reveal a considerable number of cases that indicate a motivated vowel lowering, especially through the process of vowel harmony. That means that, when in stressed syllable or contiguous position, the low-mid vowel and the low vowel interfere with the production of the low-mid vowel in pre-stressed syllable position. According to the Optimality Theory, more specifically the partial constraint ranking, it is possible to establish a ranking for the cases concerning a vowel harmony motivated by the feature [-ATR]. |
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