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ROA 815-0406

Coronalization as Assibilation

Corey Telfer <c_telfer at hotmail.com>

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Abstract:
The common phonological process of coronalization, where
a velar stop [k] becomes a strident coronal affricate [tS]
or [ts] before a high front vocoid, has yet to receive an
adequate formal explanation.  While this process is usually
thought to result from articulatory assimilation, some linguists
have claimed it to be primarily acoustic in nature (Flemming
2002, Guion 1996, 1998, Ohala 1992).  This is analogous
to assibilation, an acoustic process where a dental stop
[t] becomes [ts] before a high front vocoid (Kim 2001).
The striking similarities between coronalization and assibilation
lead me to argue that they are closely related, and that
a formal analysis of assibilation (Kim 2001) can be adapted
to account for coronalization.  After comparing the typology
of coronalization (Bhat 1978) to the typology of assibilation
(Hall and Hamann 2003) I provide a thorough formal analysis
of coronalization that takes both acoustic and articulatory
factors into account.

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Keywords: coronalization, palatalization, assibilation
Areas: Phonology
Type: Masters Dissertation

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