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5 - Phonological Implications of Voice Quality Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2019

John H. Esling ,
Scott R. Moisik ,
Allison Benner  and
Lise Crevier-Buchman
John H. Esling
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, British Columbia
Scott R. Moisik
Affiliation:
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Allison Benner
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, British Columbia
Lise Crevier-Buchman
Affiliation:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
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Summary

Chapter 5 explores the implications of the Laryngeal Articulator Model for phonology and the place of voice quality in phonological analysis. The Phonological Potentials Model (PPM) is explained, and synergistic and anti-synergistic relations are mapped in diagrams. Earlier phonological approaches that do not consider the laryngeal articulator are reviewed, while the PPM demonstrates how cooperative lingual-laryngeal activity can be accommodated in phonological analysis. Case studies of languages having lower-vocal-tract contrasts (vocal register, pharyngealization in click languages) give an idea of the network of articulatory relationships that form the grounding of phonological representations. We highlight vocalic-harmony (so-called [ATR]), syllabic, and tense–lax registers in West African, Northeast African and Southeast Asian languages. The case of Southern Wakashan pharyngeal genesis illustrates the role of voice quality in sound change.

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Phonological Potentials Modelsynergiesanti-synergiesneuromuscular module[-ATR]KhoisanNiloticWakashan
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Voice Quality
The Laryngeal Articulator Model
 , pp. 155 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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