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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Palatalization If ρ and b remain unchanged, except for their deletion in certain clusters, all non-labial stops have been affected to some degree by weakening and palatali-zing changes. Fr./p >p/Hn., IN ALL POSITIONS Fr. kape Hn. kape 'to stand' plyzjcer pliz/ε 'several' zyp zip 'skirt' A ρ is still pronounced in Hn. trop 'too much' (after a verb), whereas the ρ in Fr. tro 'to much' (in any context) now surfaces only in liaisons. Fr./t, d > t, d/Hn. Hn. t is phonetically similar to Fr. t (dental or dento-alveolar stop), except before a high front vowel or glide, where it is affricated to f5. So is d, to dz: Fi./b > b/Hn. Fr. sabr tobe Hn. sab tobe 'sabre' fall' Fr. aiti Hn. aitsi 'Haiti' 'go out' 'children' 'rice' sorti p(d J ti dy ri sotsi tsi-(mamaj) dziri DR 9. DENTAL TOP LAXING
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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Palatalization If ρ and b remain unchanged, except for their deletion in certain clusters, all non-labial stops have been affected to some degree by weakening and palatali-zing changes. Fr./p >p/Hn., IN ALL POSITIONS Fr. kape Hn. kape 'to stand' plyzjcer pliz/ε 'several' zyp zip 'skirt' A ρ is still pronounced in Hn. trop 'too much' (after a verb), whereas the ρ in Fr. tro 'to much' (in any context) now surfaces only in liaisons. Fr./t, d > t, d/Hn. Hn. t is phonetically similar to Fr. t (dental or dento-alveolar stop), except before a high front vowel or glide, where it is affricated to f5. So is d, to dz: Fi./b > b/Hn. Fr. sabr tobe Hn. sab tobe 'sabre' fall' Fr. aiti Hn. aitsi 'Haiti' 'go out' 'children' 'rice' sorti p(d J ti dy ri sotsi tsi-(mamaj) dziri DR 9. DENTAL TOP LAXING
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Abbreviations and Symbols 3
  5. PART I: Phonetics
  6. CHAPTER ONE. Nasality 7
  7. CHAPTER TWO. Mid Vowels 11
  8. CHAPTER THREE 13
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. Palatals, Implosives, h 14
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. Distinctive Features 15
  11. PART II: Underlying Phonology
  12. CHAPTER SIX. Introduction 21
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Systematic Phonemes 23
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Natural Sets 24
  15. CHAPTER NINE. Segment Redundancy Rules 25
  16. CHAPTER TEN. Redundant Segment Definitions 31
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Sequence Redundancy Rules 33
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE. The Archiphoneme in Generative Phonology 34
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Lexical Nasality 40
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Vowel Sequences 44
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Glides 45
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Liquids 47
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Gemination 49
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Initial Clusters 50
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN. Final Clusters 52
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY. Medial Clusters 54
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Three-consonant Clusters 56
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO h 57
  29. PART III: Transformational Phonology
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Introduction 61
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Vowel Nasalization 63
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. li-la Nasalization 66
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Agglutination 69
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. Splicing 76
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. Elision and Clustering 78
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. Vowel Harmony 84
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY. Syllabic Consonants 88
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. Particle Elision 92
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Syllable Definition 97
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. Other Transformations 103
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. Rule Ordering 108
  42. PART IV: Creolization
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE. Introduction 119
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX. Lenition 120
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. Degauling 122
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT. Glides 126
  47. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. Syllabic Restructuration 130
  48. CHAPTER FORTY. Nasalization 137
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE. Deneutralization 148
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO. Palatalization 150
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE. Prenasalization 159
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR. Rounding 165
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE. Cluster Reduction 167
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX. r Laxing and Deletion 172
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN. Minor Creolization Processes 174
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT. Conclusion 182
  57. Notes 184
  58. Bibliography 186
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Abbreviations and Symbols 3
  5. PART I: Phonetics
  6. CHAPTER ONE. Nasality 7
  7. CHAPTER TWO. Mid Vowels 11
  8. CHAPTER THREE 13
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. Palatals, Implosives, h 14
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. Distinctive Features 15
  11. PART II: Underlying Phonology
  12. CHAPTER SIX. Introduction 21
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Systematic Phonemes 23
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Natural Sets 24
  15. CHAPTER NINE. Segment Redundancy Rules 25
  16. CHAPTER TEN. Redundant Segment Definitions 31
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Sequence Redundancy Rules 33
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE. The Archiphoneme in Generative Phonology 34
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Lexical Nasality 40
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Vowel Sequences 44
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Glides 45
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Liquids 47
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Gemination 49
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Initial Clusters 50
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN. Final Clusters 52
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY. Medial Clusters 54
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Three-consonant Clusters 56
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO h 57
  29. PART III: Transformational Phonology
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Introduction 61
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Vowel Nasalization 63
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. li-la Nasalization 66
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Agglutination 69
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. Splicing 76
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. Elision and Clustering 78
  36. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. Vowel Harmony 84
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY. Syllabic Consonants 88
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. Particle Elision 92
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Syllable Definition 97
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. Other Transformations 103
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. Rule Ordering 108
  42. PART IV: Creolization
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE. Introduction 119
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX. Lenition 120
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. Degauling 122
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT. Glides 126
  47. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. Syllabic Restructuration 130
  48. CHAPTER FORTY. Nasalization 137
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE. Deneutralization 148
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO. Palatalization 150
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE. Prenasalization 159
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR. Rounding 165
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE. Cluster Reduction 167
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX. r Laxing and Deletion 172
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN. Minor Creolization Processes 174
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT. Conclusion 182
  57. Notes 184
  58. Bibliography 186
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