Contact-induced change and the phonemicization of the vowel /ɑ/ in Quảng Nam Vietnamese
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Andrea Hoa Pham
Abstract
This paper is an account of the emergence of the low, back, unrounded vowel /ɑ/ in the Quảng Nam dialect spoken in south central Vietnam. This vowel is not seen in any other dialects. The paper provides evidence for a trace of this vowel in two subdialects of Hà Tĩnh province, north central Vietnam (Phạm, 1997, 2014, 2016), and claims that the Quảng Nam /ɑ/ originated from Hà Tĩnh dialects through migration. It was brought to Quảng Nam by early settlers mainly during the 15th to 18th centuries, where the vowel was further internally restructured through various linguistic processes. The Quảng Nam /ɑ/, therefore, originates from two sources: dialect contact and internal restructuring.
Abstract
This paper is an account of the emergence of the low, back, unrounded vowel /ɑ/ in the Quảng Nam dialect spoken in south central Vietnam. This vowel is not seen in any other dialects. The paper provides evidence for a trace of this vowel in two subdialects of Hà Tĩnh province, north central Vietnam (Phạm, 1997, 2014, 2016), and claims that the Quảng Nam /ɑ/ originated from Hà Tĩnh dialects through migration. It was brought to Quảng Nam by early settlers mainly during the 15th to 18th centuries, where the vowel was further internally restructured through various linguistic processes. The Quảng Nam /ɑ/, therefore, originates from two sources: dialect contact and internal restructuring.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Case & argument structure
- Strategies for aligning syntactic roles and case marking with semantic properties 9
- Criteria for subjecthood and non-canonical subjects in Classical Greek 29
- Parallel syncretism in early Indo-European 49
- Dative possessor in ditransitive Spanish predication, in diachronic perspective 65
- ‘Liking’ constructions in Spanish 81
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Part II. Alignment & Diathesis
- The actualization of new voice patterns in Romance 109
- Ergative from passive in Proto-Basque 143
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Part III. Patterns, paradigms, & restructuring
- Synchrony, diachrony, and indexicality 163
- Ablaut pattern extension as partial regularization strategy in German and Luxembourgish 183
- Remotivating inflectional classes 205
- From noun to quantifier 229
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Part IV. Grammaticalization & construction grammar
- Old French si , grammaticalisation, and the interconnectedness of change 253
- The rise of the analytic Perfect aspect in the West Iranian languages 273
- On the grammaticalization of the -(v)ši- resultative in North Slavic 293
- Atomizing linguistic change 317
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Part V. Corpus linguistics & morphosyntax
- The rich get richer 343
- Expletives in Icelandic 363
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Part VI. Languages in contact
- Contact and change in Neo-Aramaic dialects 387
- Copying of argument structure 409
- Contact-induced change and the phonemicization of the vowel /ɑ/ in Quảng Nam Vietnamese 431
- The future markers in Palestinian Arabic: 453
- Neuters to none 473
- Index 489
- Languages & language families 493
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & Acknowledgements ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Case & argument structure
- Strategies for aligning syntactic roles and case marking with semantic properties 9
- Criteria for subjecthood and non-canonical subjects in Classical Greek 29
- Parallel syncretism in early Indo-European 49
- Dative possessor in ditransitive Spanish predication, in diachronic perspective 65
- ‘Liking’ constructions in Spanish 81
-
Part II. Alignment & Diathesis
- The actualization of new voice patterns in Romance 109
- Ergative from passive in Proto-Basque 143
-
Part III. Patterns, paradigms, & restructuring
- Synchrony, diachrony, and indexicality 163
- Ablaut pattern extension as partial regularization strategy in German and Luxembourgish 183
- Remotivating inflectional classes 205
- From noun to quantifier 229
-
Part IV. Grammaticalization & construction grammar
- Old French si , grammaticalisation, and the interconnectedness of change 253
- The rise of the analytic Perfect aspect in the West Iranian languages 273
- On the grammaticalization of the -(v)ši- resultative in North Slavic 293
- Atomizing linguistic change 317
-
Part V. Corpus linguistics & morphosyntax
- The rich get richer 343
- Expletives in Icelandic 363
-
Part VI. Languages in contact
- Contact and change in Neo-Aramaic dialects 387
- Copying of argument structure 409
- Contact-induced change and the phonemicization of the vowel /ɑ/ in Quảng Nam Vietnamese 431
- The future markers in Palestinian Arabic: 453
- Neuters to none 473
- Index 489
- Languages & language families 493