Affiliation:
1. Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Abstract
Abstract
All modern Basque dialects have at least 5 contrastive vowels /i, e, a, o, u/. One Basque dialect, Zuberoan, has developed a
contrastive sixth vowel, the front rounded high vowel /y/. This development is arguably due to sustained contact with neighboring
Gallo-Romance languages. This paper supports empirically the historical development of the /u/ vs. /y/ contrast and provides a
detailed analysis of the contexts that inhibited the /u/ > /y/ sound change. Fronting was inhibited when the vowel was followed
by an apical sibilant, a tap /ɾ/ or an rT cluster (where r is a rhotic, and T an alveolar obstruent), arguably due to
coarticulatory effects. Fronting occurred when /s̻/, /r/ or non-coronal rhotic-obstruent clusters followed /u/. Zuberoan
/u/-fronting illustrates the importance of language contact and phonetics in the phonological analysis of historical
developments.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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