The Even Yearbook 14 (2020)

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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@article{even20or,
  author  = {Péter Őri},
  title   = {An alternative laryngeal analysis of languages with two obstruent series},
  year    = 2020,
  journal = {The Even Yearbook},
  volume  = 14,
  pages   = {91–133},
  url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/20or}
}
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Őri, Péter. 2020. An alternative laryngeal analysis of languages with two obstruent series. The Even Yearbook 14: 91–133. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/20or