The Even Yearbook 14 (2020)
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volume 14 (2020)
pages 91–133
author Péter Őri
title An alternative laryngeal analysis of languages with two obstruent series
DOI http://doi.org/10.57133/evenyrbk.20or
keywords laryngeal properties, phonological contrast, phonetic variation, laryngeal assimilation, language typology
abstract Most current laryngeal analyses use two melodic elements (or distinctive features) to create two-way laryngeal contrasts in obstruents: |L| (or [voice]) in voicing languages like Hungarian and |H| (or [spread glottis]) in aspirating languages such as English. In this paper, I argue that |H| is enough to distinguish the two sets of obstruents in both language types and that languages only differ in the phonological processes operating on |H|, with a potential cross-linguistic variation in the phonetic realization of the obstruent series. I also show how binary-contrast systems can be categorized in this alternative analysis.
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