scholarly journals The Sonority Dispersion Principle in Albanian

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Artan Xhaferaj
Keyword(s):  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Relative Complexity ◽  
Optimal Structures ◽  
Phonological System

An important pattern that is based on the sonority relationship is the Sonority Dispersion Principle (SDP) formulated by Clements (1990). This principle can serve as the basis for classifying syllable types in terms of relative complexity. The notion “dispersion in sonority” clearly defined within a demisyllable. According to this principle, the sonority slop from the onset to the syllable nucleus is maximized and from the nucleus to the coda is minimized. The purpose of this paper is to provide some data on the Albanian language by dividing the sounds within the demisyllable, by analyzing the combinations of sounds in the onset and in the coda. According to SDP, in Albanian the optimal syllable structure with 2 elements is C[stop]V, while among the optimal structures with 3 elements, the types C[stop]VC[glide], C[stop]C[liquid]V, C[stop]C[nasal]V and C[fricative]C[liquid]V predominate. The analyzed data are important and serve to deeply recognize the characteristics of phonological system of Albanian and can also serve for its approach to typological level.

Tonal rules for English loan words in Cantonese

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Kiu
Keyword(s):  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Tone Language ◽  
Loan Words ◽  
Loan Word ◽  
Phonological System

It is common knowledge that when one language borrows from another, the borrower often would incorporate the loan words into its phonological system by substituting ‘alien’ sounds by those from its own stock, breaking up consonant clusters to conform to its syllable structure and so on. In general it is not impossible to predict fairly accurately what a loan word would sound like in a language if one is familiar with the phonological systems of the lender and borrower. However, syllable structure and segments are just part of the picture. Other considerations like stress and tone would also be important if one is dealing with a stress language or a tone lauguage. The aim of this paper is to examine English loan forms in Cantonese in order to discover what happens when words from a stress language like English are borrowed into a tone language like Cantonese.

scholarly journals Phonological Constraints on the Utterance of L2 Clusters by Saudi ESL Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-559
Author(s):  
Abdullah N. Alotaibi
Keyword(s):  
English Learners ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Consonant Cluster ◽  
Phonological Features ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Esl Learners ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Phonological System

The field of L2 phonology did not receive much research compared to the other linguistic domains. To add to the field and expand the current literature, the present paper’s goal was to examine the impact of syllable structure differences between Arabic and English in uttering L2 English consonant clusters. The following research question was aimed to be answered: Do the differences between two languages’ syllable structure cause production difficulties in the consonant cluster to Saudi Arabian learners of English? The subjects of this investigation were L2 English learners from Saudi with intermediate proficiency levels in English. Applying the descriptive correlational type of research model, the results showed that learners’ production is mainly influenced by their native language-specific phonological features. The learners’ production of targeted L2 consonant clusters seemed to mirror their underlying phonological system, and syllables structures were modified to match their native Arabic phonological system as a result of language transfer. These findings should be taken into account by L2 speech educators as such speech difficulty is anticipated.

scholarly journals Syllable Structure of Totok Chingkho

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anisha Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Word List ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Minimal Pairs ◽  
Field Methodology ◽  
Suprasegmental Phonology ◽  
Phonological System

This research presents a phonological description of Totok Chingkho. The aim is to construct a phonemic and vocalic inventory of the language, as well as look into the syllable structure. The main objective of this research is to provide a phonological basis for further research in this language. Field methodology was used during data collection for this project. A word list of approximately 413 words was constructed and translated to Totok Chingkho by a native speaker. The translated words were transcribed using the IPA system, and were analyzed manually. The phonemic and vocalic inventory were created from minimal pairs extracted from the word-list. To determine the syllable structure, words were divided according to the number of syllables and their onset-nucleus, nucleus-coda relationship was investigated. There is a possibility for further research in phonological system as well as suprasegmental phonology of Totok Chingkho. Certain anomalies were observed, such as, the presence of labial stops and nasal sounds but absence of a labial fricative sound. Similarly, diphthongs were observed but not all could be confirmed. The data for onset-nucleus-coda relationship was found to be irregular which needs more explanation. This study provides requisite groundwork for further research in various facets of Totok Chingkho.

scholarly journals Phonological Constraints on the Utterance of L2 Clusters by Saudi ESL Learners

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Nijr Al-Otaibi
Keyword(s):  
English Learners ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Consonant Clusters ◽  
Consonant Cluster ◽  
Phonological Features ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Esl Learners ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Phonological System

The field of L2 phonology did not receive much research compared to the other linguistic domains. To add to the field and expand the current literature, the present paper’s goal was to examine the impact of syllable structure differences between Arabic and English in uttering L2 English consonant clusters. The following research question was aimed to be answered: Do the differences between two languages’ syllable structure cause production difficulties in the consonant cluster to Saudi Arabian learners of English? The subjects of this investigation were L2 English learners from Saudi with intermediate proficiency levels in English. Applying the descriptive correlational type of research model, the results showed that learners’ production is mainly influenced by their native language-specific phonological features. The learners’ production of targeted L2 consonant clusters seemed to mirror their underlying phonological system, and syllables structures were modified to match their native Arabic phonological system as a result of language transfer. These findings should be taken into account by L2 speech educators as such speech difficulty is anticipated.

scholarly journals A sílaba na relação com a escrita: ataques ramificados na escrita de crianças dos segundo e quarto anos – um estudo a partir do EFFE-On

2019 ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Moisés Pampim ◽  
Diana Reis ◽  
Cristiana Mendonça ◽  
Iolanda Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Syllable Structure ◽  
Orthographic Knowledge ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Written Performance ◽  
Phonological System

The syllable is a unit of the phonological system of human languages that has been the subject of numerous studies in language and language acquisition. Using longitudinal data from the online corpus EFFE-On, this article focuses on the evaluation of children's written performance with respect to the order of acquisition of the syllable structure, in particular the analysis of branching Onsets (obstruent+liquid). The study focuses on the performance of second and fourth graders in the Lisbon area and will allow us to describe the relationship between phonological and orthographic knowledge in children attending the first years of elementary education.

The Nature of Deviant Articulation

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence B. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Phonological System

This paper examines the credibility of deviant articulation as a less mature phonological system and as an individual phonological system with its own rules. Evidence is presented suggesting that both types of deviant phonological systems may occur in the articulatory defective population. The clinical implications of each type of deviant system are presented.

Asnaleg íslensk nýyrði?

Orð og tunga ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 97-100
Author(s):  
Ágústa Þorbergsdóttir
Keyword(s):  
Compound Words ◽  
Phonological System

In this article, I discuss common ideas that speakers of Icelandic have about neologisms and their formation. Based on public discussions, we can assume that speakers find accuracy and transparency to be the most important features of a neologism. At the same time, they need to be as short as possible. These requirements often conflict. Additionally, neologisms should fit into the Icelandic grammatical and phonological system, be well suited to use as part of compound words and other word formations accomplished through derivation. Finally, speakers tend to be more positive towards neologisms that are formed by using Icelandic roots than using adaptations of words borrowed from other languages.

Bengali geminates

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Kotzor ◽  
Allison Wetterlin ◽  
Aditi Lahiri
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
Real Word ◽  
Behavioural Experiments ◽  
Phonological System

Bengali has a robust medial geminate/singleton contrast across oral stops and nasals in five places of articulation. This chapter presents a synchronic account of the phonological system involving the consonantal length contrast, which supports an asymmetric moraic representation of geminates. Based on these representational assumptions, two EEG and two behavioural experiments were conducted to investigate the processing of this geminate/singleton contrast by Bengali native speakers. The results reveal a processing asymmetry for the duration contrast: the processing of the duration contrast is indeed asymmetric: a geminate mispronunciation is accepted for a singleton real word, while the reverse is not the case. This provides evidence that the lexical representation of the duration contrast must be asymmetric and thus privative rather than equipollent.

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