Exceptional nasal-stop inventories

This article explores the topic of exceptionality in phonology focusing on nasal-stop inventories. A meticulous survey shows that it is normal for such systems to include at least two anterior units: /m/ and /n/. The finding that the introduction of /ŋ/, the first posterior unit to appear, normally...

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Autor principal:	Carlos-Eduardo Piñeros
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2016
Materias:	sound inventories nasal stops place features exceptions place hierarchies universal rankings Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0091a73e0e0f4a16b3863ff5d1a421b22021-11-27T10:46:52ZExceptional nasal-stop inventories10.5565/rev/catjl.1811695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/0091a73e0e0f4a16b3863ff5d1a421b22016-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/181https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719This article explores the topic of exceptionality in phonology focusing on nasal-stop inventories. A meticulous survey shows that it is normal for such systems to include at least two anterior units: /m/ and /n/. The finding that the introduction of /ŋ/, the first posterior unit to appear, normally follows that of both anterior units suggests that anteriority is somehow more compatible with this consonant class; however, this hypothesis is challenged by exceptions: /n/ is occasionally superseded by /ŋ/. The proposed analysis overturns the view that there is a single universal place hierarchy. It demonstrates that languages assess the cost of place features on multiple dimensions and that nasal-stop inventories are shaped by the conflict between three evaluation measures: one for articulatory cost, one for perceptual cost, and one for dispersion. A theory of far greater explanatory power emerges when each evaluation measure is empirically substantiated and their universality is strictly respected.Carlos-Eduardo PiñerosUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlesound inventoriesnasal stopsplace featuresexceptionsplace hierarchiesuniversal rankingsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 15 (2016)
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description	This article explores the topic of exceptionality in phonology focusing on nasal-stop inventories. A meticulous survey shows that it is normal for such systems to include at least two anterior units: /m/ and /n/. The finding that the introduction of /ŋ/, the first posterior unit to appear, normally follows that of both anterior units suggests that anteriority is somehow more compatible with this consonant class; however, this hypothesis is challenged by exceptions: /n/ is occasionally superseded by /ŋ/. The proposed analysis overturns the view that there is a single universal place hierarchy. It demonstrates that languages assess the cost of place features on multiple dimensions and that nasal-stop inventories are shaped by the conflict between three evaluation measures: one for articulatory cost, one for perceptual cost, and one for dispersion. A theory of far greater explanatory power emerges when each evaluation measure is empirically substantiated and their universality is strictly respected.
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Exceptional nasal-stop inventories

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