[Lingtyp] allophony of [h] and [ɸ], revised version [discard preceding version]

[Christian Lehmann]

Dear Ian,

confirmed.

However, phonologically (i.e. w.r.t. to their distribution), both of the 
non-front unrounded vowels behave as back vowels.

Which brings us back to the occasional non-congruence between phonetics 
and phonology.

Christian

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Am 20.05.2023 um 20:49 schrieb Ian Maddieson:
> Just a note on the vowel chart here — formant measurements in 
> Verhoeven (2011) indicate that
> the two vowels labeled here (and by her) as back unrounded are in fact 
> central vowels (as is the
> case for the great majority of vowels written with <a> in the world’s 
> languages).
>
> Ian
>
>> On May 20, 2023, at 01:31, Christian Lehmann 
>> <christian.lehmann at UNI-ERFURT.DE> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> many thanks for your helpful answers so far. For additional 
>> clarification, here are the Cabecar phoneme inventories:
>>
>> 1.
>>     /Oral vowel phonemes in strong syllables/
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> front
>>
>> 	
>>
>> back
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> unrounded
>>
>> 	
>>
>> rounded
>>
>> high
>>
>> 	
>>
>> i
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> u
>>
>> half-high
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ɪ
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ɤ
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ʊ
>>
>> half-low
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ɛ
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ɔ
>>
>> low
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> a
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> Plus nasal vowels.
>>
>>
>> 1.
>>     /Consonantal phonemes/
>>
>> articulation    place
>>
>> mode
>>
>> 	
>>
>> bilabial
>>
>> 	
>>
>> dental
>>
>> 	
>>
>> palatal
>>
>> 	
>>
>> velar
>>
>> 	
>>
>> glottal
>>
>> stop
>>
>> 	
>>
>> voiceless
>>
>> 	
>>
>> plain
>>
>> 	
>>
>> p
>>
>> 	
>>
>> t
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> k
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> aspirated
>>
>> 	
>>
>> pʰ
>>
>> 	
>>
>> tʰ
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> kʰ
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> voiced
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> b
>>
>> 	
>>
>> d
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ɟ
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> fricative
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> s
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ʃ
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> h
>>
>> liquid
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>> ɺ
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>> 	
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> As may be seen, there is plenty of bilabial stops, but no labial 
>> fricatives; there is no [f] even at the phonetic level.
>>
>> While the change from [p] via [ɸ] to [h] seems to be the solution for 
>> the Japanese and Cariban facts, the Cabecar system would not seem to 
>> encourage positing it for this language.
>>
>> The details of the alternation of [h] ~ [ɸ] remain to be ascertained. 
>> At any rate, there is free variation [h] ~ [x] (or maybe [χ]).
>>
>> I am aware that [u] [ɯ] and [ɸ] share a bilabial articulation - 
>> although this would require qualification for [ɯ]. However, I have 
>> never seen a_phonological_feature [bilabial]. Maybe I must revive 
>> Jakobson's [flat]. Or is all of this old-fashioned thinking?
>>
>> Greetings, Christian
>> --
>>
>> Prof. em. Dr. Christian Lehmann
>> Rudolfstr. 4
>> 99092 Erfurt
>> Deutschland
>>
>> Tel.: 	+49/361/2113417
>> E-Post: 	christianw_lehmann at arcor.de
>> Web: 	https://www.christianlehmann.eu
>>
>
> Ian Maddieson
>
> Department of Linguistics
> University of New Mexico
> MSC03-2130
> Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
>
>
>
>
-- 

Prof. em. Dr. Christian Lehmann
Rudolfstr. 4
99092 Erfurt
Deutschland

Tel.: 	+49/361/2113417
E-Post: 	christianw_lehmann at arcor.de
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