Obstruent devoicing and registrogenesis in Chru

Marc Brunelle; James Kirby; Tạ Tấn Thành; Đinh Lư Giang

Obstruent devoicing and registrogenesis in Chru

Marc Brunelle, James Kirby, Tạ Tấn Thành , Đinh Lư Giang

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Abstract

We describe the register system of Chru, a Chamic language of Vietnam. In Chru, a historical contrast between prevoiced and voiceless stops is now a system of two registers signalled by differences in f0, voice quality, and F1 in addition to closure voicing. However, closure voicing is in a state of flux: while older men maintain closure voicing in the onsets of low-register items, younger speakers and some older women frequently have no (or only weak) closure voicing in this context. In addition, the distribution of VOT in low register onsets is bimodal, realized either with strong closure voicing or greater VOT than voiceless stops. Interestingly, f0, F1 and voice quality cues are not enhanced after devoiced low-register stops, but instead are more pronounced after stops realized with closure voicing. We argue this indicates that enhancement of cues in phonologization must in some sense be complete before neutralization takes place.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019
Editors	Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain, Paul Warren
Place of Publication	Canberra, Australia
Pages	517-521
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 9 Aug 2019 https://www.icphs2019.org/

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Conference	19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
Abbreviated title	ICPhS 2019
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	5/08/19 → 9/08/19
Internet address	https://www.icphs2019.org/

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Chru
voicing
register
voice quality
phonologization

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From voicing to register: the evolution of a sound change in Southeast Asia
Kirby, J.
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1/09/17 → 1/09/21
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Brunelle, M, Kirby, J, Tấn Thành , T & Lư Giang, Đ 2019, Obstruent devoicing and registrogenesis in Chru. in S Calhoun, P Escudero, M Tabain & P Warren (eds), Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Canberra, Australia, pp. 517-521, 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5/08/19. <http://intro2psycholing.net/ICPhS/papers/ICPhS_566.pdf>

Obstruent devoicing and registrogenesis in Chru. / Brunelle, Marc; Kirby, James; Tấn Thành , Tạ et al.
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. ed. / Sasha Calhoun; Paola Escudero; Marija Tabain; Paul Warren. Canberra, Australia, 2019. p. 517-521.

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