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Phonemic and Morphemic Efficiency in Kalinga

  • C.R. Gieser
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 12. November 2009
Phonetica
Aus der Zeitschrift Phonetica Band 25 Heft 4

Abstract

As a communication system, natural language employs two coterminous systems – the phonological and the grammatical. This paper describes the communicative efficiency and redundancy of this dual system in Kalinga, an Austronesian language of the Philippines. First, statistics are presented showing the degree to which each of the 17 phonemes is utilized in forming syllables of the patterns CV and CVC. Next, consideration is given to the utilization of these GV and CVC phoneme sequences in both polysyllabic and monosyllabic morphs. And finally, the phonemic and syllabic structure of morphs is described, and the extent to which the available phonemes and syllables are utilized in forming morphs is discussed.


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Published Online: 2009-11-12
Published in Print: 1972-07-01

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