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https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/243966| Título : | Optimality theory and historical phonology: an example from nasal harmony in mundurukú |
| Palabras clave : | Sound change;Nasal harmony;Optimality theory;Historical phonology;Mundurukú |
| Editorial : | UNESP |
| Descripción : | This paper offers an account of diachronic changes in nasal harmony in Mundurukú, a Tupian language from Brazil. It attempts to show that the Optimality Theory provides new ways of accounting for sound change, other than constraint re-ranking. A comparison of Mundurukú and Kuruaya’s modern systems points out that the source system, Proto-Mundurukú, had similar properties to those currently observed in Kuruaya. In particular, nasal spread targets were voiced stops and sonorants, whereas voiceless obstruents were transparent. This system was developed into another in Pre-Mundurukú, because new contrasts were introduced in the language, turning obstruents into opaque segments, thus blocking nasalization. Formal OT account of both cases relies on restricting harmony constraints, as shown by the relative chronology that gave rise to Mundurukú’s modern system. In addition, this study discusses the consequences of this change to synchronic grammar, and how it explains the process’ irregularities. |
| URI : | https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/243966 |
| Otros identificadores : | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/4664 |
| Aparece en las colecciones: | Faculdade de Ciências e Letras-Unesp - FCL/CAr - Cosecha |
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