Open AccessPHONETIC PATTERNS OF CANONICAL /ɜː/ IN THE SELEMDZHA ACCENT OF THE EVENKI LANGUAGE AND THEIR PHONOLOGICAL STATUS
Author(s) -
Olga N. Morozova,
Svetlana V. Androsova,
Tatiana V. Kravets,
Еlena A. Protsukovich
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
teoretičeskaâ i prikladnaâ lingvistika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2410-7190
DOI - 10.22250/2410-7190_2017_3_3_63_73
Subject(s) - stress (linguistics) , variation (astronomy) , realization (probability) , linguistics , syntagmatic analysis , feature (linguistics) , computer science , mathematics , speech recognition , statistics , physics , philosophy , astrophysics
Considerable variability of the Evenki phonological system and its realization patterns as well as its endangered status determine the urgent need for considering paradigmatic and syntagmatic phonological differences among Evenki accents and between accents and standard Evenki. The current paper presents the results of an acoustic study of a-like accent forming in the Selemdzha accent. On the one hand, the obtained results clearly indicate consistent substitute of canonical /ɜː/ with open a-like sound. On the other hand, canonical /aː/ tokens demonstrated greater openness compared to the ones that replaced canonical /ɜː/. In addition, there was considerable across-speaker variation concerning the feature of advancement-retraction. No significant duration difference was discovered. Further study is necessary to find out if the obtained acoustic difference is perceptually relevant.