Book: Língua matis (Pano/native American language)

[Scott McGinnis]

Língua matis (pano): uma análise fonológica
 
VITÓRIA REGINA SPANGHERO FERREIRA Universidad de CAMPINAS
 
The following study shows a phonetic and phonological report of the
Matis language, belonging to the Pano family whose population lives in
the state of Amazonas.
 
This work consist of six chapters, conclusion and a bibliography. The
first chapter  
shows a brief introduction, presents the methodology applied in the
field to collect  
the linguistic material used in this study and the methodology of
linguistic analysis.
 
The second chapter shows a detailed report of the Matis people, their
geographical  
position and some aspects concerning their language and culture, and a
brief discussion  
of the studies about the Pano linguistic family.  The third chapter
defines the phonemes  
and the allophones of the language through the traditional analysis such
as minimum pair,  
analogous pair, complementary distribution and free variation.
 
>>From the fourth chapter on our study was guided mainly by the
non-linear phonological theories. On this chapter we covered the Matis
syllable structure,  
taking into consideration the syllable, syllable standards, the language
syllable process,  
the ambivalent sequences, and we classified the phonemes in natural
classes according to  
the feature geometrical theory.
 
The fifth chapter analyzes the phonological processes which occur in the
language: fusion,  
nasal assimilation, lenition and tapping, neutralization and vowel
deletion. The last  
chapter deals with the stress pattern. [Written in Portuguese]
 
ISBN 3 89586 418 8.  
LINCOM Studies in Native American Linguistics 39. 
170pp.  USD 55 / EUR 56.80 / £ 37. 
 
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