Nasals and Nasalization in Borneo

Robert A. Blust

98 citations0/0 files storedOceanic Linguistics

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Phonetics and Phonology Research Linguistics and Language Studies Linguistics and language evolution

Abstract

This paper discusses the phenomena of nasal harmony, nasal preplosion, and nasal postplosion in several languages spoken in Borneo. Unlike Indo-European languages, it is concluded that most Austronesian languages have onset-driven nasal harmony. Nasal preplosion is attested in several geographically discontinuous regions of Borneo, and among Austronesian languages elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Moreover, in some cases nasal preplosion can be inferred historically in languages which no longer have it. A global survey of similar nasalization processes is undertaken in the hope of shedding light on the mechanisms and motivation underlying nasal preplosion, and its possible triggering effects on nasal postplosion.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 98 citations exist upstream.

References

1998The sounds of the world’s languages. By Peter Ladefoged and Ian Maddieson. Oxford Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996. Pp. xxi, 426. Paper $31.95.1987A grammar of Acehnese, on the basis of a dialect of North Aceh. By Mark Durie. (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde, 112.) Dordrecht, Holland, & Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1985. Pp. xiv, 278. $26.50.1990Phonetic and phonological rules of nasalization 1992Variability in feature dependency: The case of nasality 1976Nasal consonants and the internal structure of segments 1936Vergleichende Lautlehre des austronesischen Wortschatzes 1972A directional theory of rule application in phonology 1969Madurese phonology and morphology. By Alan M. Stevens (American Oriental Series, 52.) New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society, 1968. Pp. vii, 215.

Cited by

2016Kelabit-Lun Dayeh Phonology, with Special Reference to the Voiced Aspirates 2015Banyaduq Prestopped Nasals: Synchrony and Diachrony 2009Mamainde Grammar: a Northern Nambikwara language and its cultural context 2018Dialek Melayu Hulu dan Hilir di Timur Semenanjung Malaysia

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.