Analysis of the Segmental Phonological System of Maleku Based on Previous Descriptions

This paper is an analysis of the segmental phonological system of Maleku (Guatuso) on the basis of previously published phonological and phonetic descriptions. It has a particular focus on the distinctive features that contrast the phonemes, since no other publication has addressed this topic in det...

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Autor: Krohn, Haakon S.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositório:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/27960
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/lexis/article/view/27960
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Malecu
Fonología
Inventario fonémico
Rasgos distintivos
Maleku
Phonology
Phonemic inventory
Distinctive features
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Resumo:This paper is an analysis of the segmental phonological system of Maleku (Guatuso) on the basis of previously published phonological and phonetic descriptions. It has a particular focus on the distinctive features that contrast the phonemes, since no other publication has addressed this topic in detail before. In the patrimonial consonantal system, a total equivalence is established between the values of the features [sonorant] and [voice] if the phoneme classified as a voiced palatal fricative is considered a “sonorant fricative”. On the other hand, in the innovative system, which incorporates four phonemes borrowed from Spanish, the contrastivity of the feature [voice] is activated due to the introduction of voiced stop phonemes that contrast with the unvoiced stops.