Function word erosion which is not a frequency effect: On exemplars and prosodic paradigm levelling

Round, Erich R.

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2010.09.006

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P/k Lenition In Murrinh Patha1

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“…Focal words were lenited less than nonfocal words were, as expected given previous findings that function words are especially prone to phonological reduction (Round, 2011). In this case, I hypothesize that focal words were somewhat protected from lenition because their status as the target of elicitation word led speakers to use more effort in their articulation.…”

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Consonant lenition as a sociophonetic variable in Murrinh Patha (Australia)

Mansfield

2015

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In recent years, the typological and geographic range of languages subjected to sociophonetic study has been expanding, though until now Australian Aboriginal languages have been absent from this subdiscipline. This first sociophonetic study of an Australian language, Murrinh Patha, shows a type of consonant lenition that is notably distinct from the better known examples in Standard Average European languages, effecting /p/ and /k/ primarily in the onset of stressed, usually word-initial syllables. Young men lenite more frequently than older men do, and paternal heritage from the neighboring Marri language group also predicts more frequent lenition. The latter influence may be the result of intense language contact brought about by recent settlement of diverse language groups at the Catholic Mission of Port Keats.

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confidence: 84%