[RNLD List] Use of a 'heavy'/'light' distinction when characterising languages

[Peter Austin]

David Nash gave a talk about this terminology at an ALS in Brisbane many
years ago. Not sure if it was ever published.

Best
Peter


On Wed, 19 May 2021, 11:19 Alan Rumsey, <Alan.Rumsey at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> I have been in conversation with Charles Zuckerman about his work in
> upland central Laos on the use of a 'heavy'/'light' distinction by
> speakers of the local languages to characterise them in relation to one
> another. In my fieldwork in the Kimberley region of WA I have also often
> heard speakers of Indigenous languages make use of a 'heavy'/'light'
> distinction when characterising languages/dialects. I am wondering how
> widespread that is across Australia and beyond. Has anyone else of you has
> come across it? If so, where?  Can any of you refer us to any other
> published discussions on this topic besides the one below? If so could you
> please send them in a reply to me and the cc’d addresses above?
>
>
>
> Zuckerman, Charles H. P., and N. J. Enfield 2020.  Heavy Sound Light
> Sound: A Nam Noi Metalinguistic Trope. *In *Studies in the Anthropology of
> Language in Mainland Southeast Asia Pp. 85–92. JSEALS Special Publication,
> 6. University of Hawai’i Press.
>
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