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Date: 10-Oct-2024
From: Jeremy Coburn [jc.linguist at gmail.com]
Subject: Anthropological Linguistics, Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, Typology; Jeremy Coburn: "The Hadza Language: Vitality, Phonetics, and Phonology"


Institution: Indiana University Bloomington
Program: Department of Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2024

Author: Jeremy Coburn

Dissertation Title: The Hadza Language: Vitality, Phonetics, and
Phonology

Dissertation URL: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/hadza-
language-vitality-phonetics-phonology/docview/3054717439/se-2?accounti
d=13567

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Hadza (hts)

Language Family(ies): African Language Isolate

Dissertation Director(s):

Dissertation Abstract:

Hadza is a language isolate spoken by approximately 1,500–2,000 people
in the Lake Eyasi area of north-central Tanzania. Hadza is widely
known for its robust inventory of typologically uncommon speech
sounds, e.g., clicks, ejectives, and lateral obstruents. The
linguistic literature on Hadza is marked by discrepancies on basic
components of the sound inventory, including the number of phonemic
consonants, the nature of phonological contrasts, and the role of
tone. Based on primary linguistic data collected during nine months of
fieldwork with Hadza speakers in Tanzania in 2022 and cutting-edge
3D/4D ultrasound data collected with a Hadza speaker in a speech
laboratory in 2020, this dissertation offers a current,
empirically-based description and analysis of aspects of the phonetics
and phonology of Hadza. In particular, the temporal characteristics of
laryngeal contrasts in obstruents (i.e., aspiration and
glottalization) and a phonemic vowel length distinction are
investigated with acoustic data. The description of Hadza vowels and
select consonants (e.g., clicks) is augmented with articulatory
information using ultrasound data. A systematic analysis of the tone
system, including basic contrasts and interesting tonal processes, is
also developed. This tone analysis highlights typologically unusual
phenomena prevalent in the Hadza tone system. Additionally, this
dissertation provides a contemporary assessment of Hadza language
vitality based on ethnographic participant observation and
unstructured interviews in numerous Hadza communities. This research
addresses discrepancies which pervaded the literature, contributes to
the typological literature on laryngeal systems and tonal phenomena,
and calls attention to the endangered status of Hadza in contemporary
Hadza communities.



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