Rhotic contrasts in Arabana

dc.contributor.authorCarne, Michael
dc.contributor.authorChen, Juqiang
dc.contributor.authorLuk, Ellison
dc.contributor.authorStrangways, Sydney
dc.contributor.authorStockigt, Clara
dc.contributor.authorMailhammer, Robert
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, Mark
dc.contributor.editorCalhoun, Sasha
dc.contributor.editorEscudero, Paola
dc.contributor.editorTabain, Marija
dc.contributor.editorWarren, Paul
dc.coverage.spatialMelbourne, Australia
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-27T02:21:17Z
dc.date.createdAug 5-9 2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2020-07-19T08:28:47Z
dc.description.abstractArabana has a three-way rhotic phoneme contrast: /r/ (alveolar trill) vs /ɾ/ (alveolar tap) vs /ɻ/ (retroflex continuant). The rhotic contrasts are prosodically restricted in Arabana. The triple contrast only appears following the tonic vowel, which is the first vowel. In other onset positions /ɻ/ is contrastive, but there is no /r/ vs /ɾ/ contrast. There is no contrast in coda positions. We undertook the first-ever production study of Arabana rhotics. Recorded audio materials were independently coded in PRAAT by two trained transcribers. We found the following allophony: /r/ [r, ɾ, ɹ]; /ɾ/ [ɾ, ɹ], /ɻ/ [ɻ]. The /r/ vs /ɾ/ contrast is thus negatively determined, /r/ permits [r] realizations, but /ɾ/ does not. The commonest realization of both /r/ and /ɾ/ is [ɹ]. The phoneme in neutralized coda position is /r/. The high degree of overlap in realizations between /r/ and /ɾ/ accords with reported perception difficulties.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by ARC Discovery Projects Reconstructing Australia's linguistic past: Are all Australian languages related to one another? (DP140100863) and The Indigenous Grammar of Aboriginal English: implications for language contact theory (DP130103935).en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-646-80069-1en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/216452
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherAustralasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc.en_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103935en_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseries19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2019en_AU
dc.rights© 2019 Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc.en_AU
dc.sourceProceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciencesen_AU
dc.source.urihttps://www.icphs2019.org/en_AU
dc.titleRhotic contrasts in Arabanaen_AU
dc.typeConference paperen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1282en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1278en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCarne, Michael, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationChen, Juqiang, University of Newcastleen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLuk, Ellison, University of Newcastleen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationStrangways, Sydney, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Educationen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationStockigt, Clara, The University of Adelaideen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMailhammer, Robert, University of Western Sydneyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHarvey, Mark, University of Newcastleen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4226647@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidCarne, Michael, u4226647en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en_AU
local.identifier.absfor200404 - Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Scienceen_AU
local.identifier.absseo950203 - Languages and Literatureen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1059221xPUB178en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1059221en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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