11.560, Qs: Stress Neutralization,Pharyngeal Dissimilation

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Subject: 11.560, Qs: Stress Neutralization,Pharyngeal Dissimilation

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Date:  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:43:11 +0100
From:  Sharon Peperkamp <sharon at lscp.ehess.fr>
Subject:  Neutralization of stress contrasts

2)
Date:  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:25:21 -0500 (EST)
From:  MaryAnn Cockerill <cockeril at fas.harvard.edu>
Subject:  Dissimilation of pharyngealized consonants

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Date:  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:43:11 +0100
From:  Sharon Peperkamp <sharon at lscp.ehess.fr>
Subject:  Neutralization of stress contrasts

Does anybody know of languages in which primary stress contrasts get
neutralized at the (beginning or) end of some phrasal domain? In such
languages, two lexical items that differ only in the location of their main
stress would become homophonous at some phrasal edge.

I will post a summary of replies.

Thanks in advance,

Sharon Peperkamp
Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique
Paris


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Date:  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:25:21 -0500 (EST)
From:  MaryAnn Cockerill <cockeril at fas.harvard.edu>
Subject:  Dissimilation of pharyngealized consonants



Many thanks to everyone who responded to my query about ejective
dissimilation.  I'll have a summary up shortly.  Now I have an additional
question about similar processes applying to pharyngealized
consonants (nontoleration of consecutive pharyngealized segments, loss of
pharyngealization when more than one are in a word, etc.).  Note that I am
interested not in the pharyngeal consonants proper, but in consonants with
a secondary pharyngeal articulation.  Also, I am looking for _non-Arabic_
examples.  I suspect there may be some such in the Caucasian languages but
haven't been able to find an example myself.  If anyone knows of such
processes, I'd be much obliged if you could drop me a line about them.
Please send replies to cockeril at fas.harvard.edu

Thanks so much,

MaryAnn

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